Civil Liberties
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Privacy Is Over: Time to Embrace Total Transparency
February 25, 2016 -
The encryption debate has brought together Apple and the ACLU in a fight to preserve privacy. But it’s time to radically rethink privacy and secure it the only way we have left: by letting it go. More -
Egypt Five Years Later: The Failures of Another US-Backed Dictatorship
January 22, 2016 -
On the eve of the five-year anniversary of Egypt’s revolution, a look back on what’s changed, what hasn’t, and what the US has done to help secure yet another repressive regime. More -
Tricks and TRAPs: New Laws Threaten Reproductive Rights in the Name of “Women’s Health”
January 20, 2016 -
Think Roe v Wade guarantees a woman’s right to choose whether to have an abortion? In statehouses around the country, lawmakers are using seemingly mundane regulations to restrict access to abortion and reproductive care. More -
Beyond the Binary: What the Media Gets Wrong About the “Trans Tipping Point”
October 13, 2015 -
It’s a moment of unprecedented visibility for some transgender celebrities, but individuals who are gender-nonconforming still face harassment, hostility, and fear. More -
Inside the Ministry of Space
October 7, 2015 -
While their city undergoes rapid development, the artists of Belgrade’s Ministry of Space collective are working to shape a creative scene that resists corruption and privatization. Marisa Mazria Katz talks with Radomir Lazović, one of the collective’s founders. More