The Surveillance State Didn’t Stop the Orlando Shooting — Nor Will the Resultant Police State
Op-Ed by Claire Bernish Mass surveillance has, for the larger segment of the U.S. populace, become an integral facet in the illusory feeling of security….
Op-Ed by Claire Bernish Mass surveillance has, for the larger segment of the U.S. populace, become an integral facet in the illusory feeling of security….
By Claire Bernish It’s debatable whether George Orwell surmised the ominous threat of totalitarianism that inspired him to pen the dystopic vision, 1984, would extend…
By Claire Bernish As if civil asset forfeiture, where police can seize your property without having to prove you actually committed a crime, wasn’t contentious…
By Claire Bernish In one fell swoop, Scotland banned fracking — permanently — when parliament narrowly voted in favor of cementing the country’s temporary moratorium…
By Claire Bernish In the true Orwellian fashion now typifying 2016, a bill to implement the U.S.’ very own de facto Ministry of Truth has…
By Claire Bernish If you still don’t believe in the power of Internet-based activism, the incredible explosion of interest in hemp plastic — literally generated…
By Claire Bernish A child is killed in Yemen every four hours — but partly because 60 percent of those deaths in 2014, alone, were…
By Claire Bernish If you have tattoos, law enforcement might be trying to decipher their meaning — and use the information for identification purposes. But,…
By Claire Bernish For the first time since the implementation of the USA Freedom Act, Yahoo! published three National Security Letters — perhaps the most…
By Claire Bernish “Personal belongings and household goods had been removed from many homes and piled in the streets. On the steps of the few…
By Claire Bernish Displaying flags and placing flowers on the graves of military members might be two of the more traditional Memorial Day methods of…
By Claire Bernish Lead contaminates the water in Flint, Michigan, and as you’ve probably heard, the state government in conjunction with emergency managers needlessly endangered…
By Claire Bernish In a reversal of the smidgen of accountability forced on Bank of America for its role in the 2008 financial crisis, a…
By Claire Bernish As you begin to understand world governments don’t have your best interests in mind — that enemies of the State could more…