These Countries Are Among The Biggest ‘Enemies Of The Internet,’ According To A New Report

The United States and United Kingdom made it onto the list for the first time.

Sarah Wolfe
By Sarah Wolfe
Homeland Security logo reflected in the eyeglasses of a cybersecurity analyst at the agency’s secretive cyber defense facility in Idaho. (AP/Mark J. Terrill)

The United States and United Kingdom achieved the dubious honor of being branded "Enemies of the Internet" for the first time. Watchdog group Reporters Without Borders released its annual report on which countries restrict access to the internet through censorship and surveillance this week. Repeat offenders China and North Korea made the

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Freedom And Liberty: Ideas Democrats Should Fight For In The Coming Elections

When Roosevelt and the Old Left fought for Social Security, a minimum wage, workplace regulations and other policies, they didn’t do it only because they were smart policies. They did it because they liberated Americans from forces beyond their control but that could inflict fear and pain without notice.

John Stoehr
By John Stoehr
Mark Farris worked for Ford for 30 years. He turned out to voice his opposition to what is happening in society and with workers. He says, "The rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer."

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — Congressional Democrats believe, and are right to believe, that even anti-government Tea Party Republicans like what government does. Complain as they might about taxes, they value Medicare and Social Security. So while a few red-state Democrats are going to distance themselves from the Democrats' identity as the party

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Public To FCC: Don’t Give Up On Open Internet

Over one million sign petition urging FCC to “reassert its clear authority” to protect net neutrality.

Sarah Lazare
By Sarah Lazare
Two Vietnamese students use Facebook at an internet cafe near their domertary while they could not log in Facebook from their mobile phones because of firewalled on 27 September 2012 in Hanoi, Vietnam. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen)

A concerned public is demanding that the Federal Communications Commission refuse to bow down to a judicial blow to internet freedom dealt earlier this month. One million petitions backed by a coalition of over 80 organizations — including Free Press, Prometheus Radio Project, and the American Civil Liberties Union — call for the FCC to "protect

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At Zero Hour, Who Will Protect The People’s Rights?

Which leaders will rise to the challenge of defending the people’s rights? Here is MintPress’ list of six politicians likely to stand up to power -– and five likely to cave in.

Matthew Heller
By Matthew Heller

It's zero hour in America as the nation teeters on the brink of becoming a surveillance state. Any last shackles on the government's ability to spy on its citizens have been removed. At this crucial moment, which leaders will rise to the challenge of defending the people's rights? Here is MintPress' list of six politicians likely to stand up to

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Nearly 30 Million People Living in Modern-Day Slavery

New Global Slavery Index reveals that slavery “remains a scar on humanity on every continent.”

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos

Almost 30 million people across the world are currently living in slavery, new research shows. The findings come from the first annual Global Slavery Index released by the Walk Free Foundation, a movement working to end modern slavery, which looked at freedom-depriving practices including slavery, forced labor, debt bondage, human trafficking

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Drone Schools Suggest Inevitability Of Drones In Everyday Life

This week, the United States Navy launched its drone prototype, the X-47B, from the deck of the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush off the coast of Maryland. The X-47B is the first drone that has proven successful in launching from and landing on an aircraft carrier, giving the military the capability of launching drone strikes without […]

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

This week, the United States Navy launched its drone prototype, the X-47B, from the deck of the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush off the coast of Maryland. The X-47B is the first drone that has proven successful in launching from and landing on an aircraft carrier, giving the military the capability of launching drone strikes without first setting up a

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