Sam’s Club CEO Admits Hiring and Promotions Based on Race and Gender
Sam's Club CEO Rosalind Brewer caused a stir last week when she told CNN's Poppy Harlow that she makes diversity "a priority" in her leadership team. She said, "I...
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Is The Abortion Rate Really Lower Than Ever?
A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that the U.S. abortion rate is lower than ever. The CDC has been tracking the abortion rate...
Mistrial Declared in Freddie Gray Police Trial
A Baltimore circuit court judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of Baltimore police officer William Porter. Porter is one of six officers charged in the death of...
Top Cops Call for an Armed Citizenry to Combat Crime; Terrorism
After militant Islamists killed 14 people in San Bernardino, some sheriffs and police chiefs are defying the party line and calling on citizens to arm themselves. Law enforcement's typical...
Chicago Mayor Apologizes Amid Demands for Resignation
In the wake of the recent release of the dashcam video showing the police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in Chicago last year, protesters are demanding the resignations of...
Google Uses Education Apps to Spy on Students
A non-profit organization dedicated to exposing threats to digital liberties and preserving those liberties has accused Google of spying on students via the use of Chromebooks in schools. In...
Clinton’s E-mail Evasions
Under U.S. law, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had to keep communications secure. But she didn’t. And she has been caught numerous times lying about her actions. ...
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Government and Corporations Are Responsible for Culture of Surveillance
In the almost two and a half years since former NSA contractor Ed Snowden revealed the ubiquitous surveillance under which the world lives, much of the focus has been...
Hillary’s E-mails Contradict Her Benghazi Testimony
Hillary Clinton spent 11 hours testifying before the House Select Committee on Benghazi on October 22, 2015. It looks like she spent much of that time misleading the committee...
USA FREEDOM Act: New Law, Same Surveillance
On Saturday, November 28, 2015, the NSA telephone surveillance program ended. Except that it didn't. The spying program — made famous when former NSA contractor Ed Snowden leaked a...
Chicago Police Chief Fired in Wake of Video Release
Only days after he told reporters that he had Mayor Rahm Emanuel's full support, Chicago police chief Garry McCarthy has been fired by the mayor. Emanuel announced the dismissal...
Race and Politics? Chicago Police Union Defends Officer Van Dyke
Race and politics are dividing factors in far too many issues that are not primarily about race or politics. Police shootings are no exception. In fact — as the...
Chicago Protesters Demand Police Reform, Demilitarization
About 2,000 protesters descended on The Magnificent Mile — a major shopping area in Chicago — on Black Friday to protest the police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. The protest,...
Chicago Police Officer Van Dyke Charged With Murder — After 400 Days
Exactly 400 days after Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times, killing him, Chicago police released a video of the shooting. On the same...
“Clock Boy’s” Family Demands $15 Million From School and City
When Ahmed Mohamed "made" a clock that looked like a bomb and took it to school, he was thrust into the media spotlight. He was showered with gifts and...
Windows 10 Is Malware; Deletes Users’ Programs
Windows 10 seems to be Microsoft's deliberate attempt to create the most intrusive operating system ever. If that is the goal, the software giant from Redmond, Washington, is succeeding....
Senate Judiciary Investigation Focuses on Hillary’s Aides
One question that has been hovering in the background of Hillary Clinton's e-mail scandal is whether she allowed classified information to be viewed by anyone without proper clearance. On...
Trump Promises to Bring Back Waterboarding
Donald Trump has promised that if he is elected, he will "Make America Great Again!" Apparently, that "greatness" includes the type of torture that was rejected by many Americans...
NSA Documents: E-mail Surveillance Continues With Less Oversight
When Edward Snowden released a trove of documents in 2013 revealing the depth and breadth of NSA surveillance of Americans, the agency admitted that it previously had a program...
Inspector General: DHS Risks National Security
The Department of Homeland Security is risking national security by illegally maintaining 136 "sensitive but unclassified," "Secret," and "Top Secret" systems with "expired authorities to operate," according to an...