One of every five of the corporate executives who met with the Trump administration within the first 100 days represented the banking or financial sectorā
‘If companies are allowed to operate in this manner without repercussions, our democracy has no future’
In wake of Panama Papers, protesters gather in London
Amid new global discussion about ending prohibition, a buried admission by a former presidential aide goes viral
“If the Secretary General can be targeted without consequence then everyone from world leader to street sweeper is at risk”
Law enforcement agencies rolling out technology that lets them dig into metadata to determine a citizen’s potential for violence
FEC Removes Yet Another Block Against Dark Money
“By taking to the streets, we will be clearly and unequivocally rejecting the Hollande government’s draconian and opportunistic bans on marches, protests, and demonstrations”
The U.S. is poised to repeat all the same mistakes in Syria that it made in Iraq after 9/11, says former head of Defense Intelligence Agency
“Not a single person calling for more legal powers for security…can explain how those powers would actually prevent atrocities.”
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