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Steven Rosenfeld

Steven Rosenfeld

Steven Rosenfeld covers national political issues for AlterNet, including America's democracy and voting rights. He is the author of several books on elections and the co-author of Who Controls Our Schools: How Billionaire-Sponsored Privatization Is Destroying Democracy and the Charter School Industry (AlterNet eBook, 2016).

Zuckerberg Pledges To Fix Facebook’s Privacy Problems—No One Trusts Him

Dozens of senators told the Facebook CEO that the social media giant was failing Americans.

April 11th, 2018

By Steven Rosenfeld

Zuckerberg Pledges To Fix Facebook’s Privacy Problems—No One Trusts Him

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before nearly half the Senate Tuesday may mark a historic turning point for Silicon Valley. Members of both parties expressed substantive concerns about how high-tech’s surveillance economy preys on privacy and elevates propaganda—followed by wide skepticism that Facebook and the tech sector can be

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Steven Rosenfeld

Steven Rosenfeld

Steven Rosenfeld covers national political issues for AlterNet, including America's democracy and voting rights. He is the author of several books on elections and the co-author of Who Controls Our Schools: How Billionaire-Sponsored Privatization Is Destroying Democracy and the Charter School Industry (AlterNet eBook, 2016).

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Civil liberties and human rights groups want Big Data to sign security pledge to protect user privacy.

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The backlash against high-tech’s privacy-invading business model is growing—but one hard-hit Silicon Valley institution, Facebook, announced a potentially far-reaching reform late on Wednesday. Over a 24-hour period, it appears that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg went from endorsing, “

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Steven Rosenfeld

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2020 Census Citizenship Question Trump’s Latest Move in War on Immigrants

“A naked attempt to politicize the census, with the goal of suppressing minority participation.”

March 28th, 2018

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2020 Census Citizenship Question Trump’s Latest Move in War on Immigrants

The Trump administration’s decision to add a controversial question on citizenship status to the 2020 Census questionnaire is its latest attack on immigrant communities—a far-reaching power grab disguised as a technicality. Legal advocates for Latinos and communities of color are seeing it as a declaration of domestic political

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Steven Rosenfeld

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Steven Rosenfeld covers national political issues for AlterNet, including America's democracy and voting rights. He is the author of several books on elections and the co-author of Who Controls Our Schools: How Billionaire-Sponsored Privatization Is Destroying Democracy and the Charter School Industry (AlterNet eBook, 2016).

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$200 billion taken from other programs. Taxpayers borrow $800 billion plus interest. Then come tolls and user fees.

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As President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union address Tuesday, pay close attention to his next big priority—an infrastructure plan—which, over time, could eclipse the trillion-dollar giveaway to the rich in the GOP’s just-passed tax plan. And track the response from Democrats, who will have to decide if they

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Steven Rosenfeld

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