united states
Adtech Surveillance and Government Surveillance are Often the Same Surveillance
Many smartphone application developers are all too eager to sell your data to the highest bidder–and that often includes the government.
U.S.
How Two Florida Men Scammed ‘Uber Eats’ Out of $1 Million
Two men in Florida managed to steal $1 million from Uber Eats, according to police.
California Takes Some Big Steps for Digital Rights
California often sets the bar for technology legislation across the country. This year, the state enacted several laws that strengthen consumer digital rights.
Workers’ Strikes Set a Record in the United States
Workers have walked out from various industries such as automobile, healthcare, entertainment, hotel and airlines.
Supreme Court To Decide If State Laws Limiting Social Media Platforms Violate Constitution
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether state laws that seek to regulate Facebook, TikTok, X and other social media platforms violate the Constitution.
UAW Announces Start of Strike at Big Three US Automakers
“This is our generation’s defining moment. The money is there, the cause is righteous, the world is watching,” UAW President Fain said.
Appeals Court Upholds Public.Resource.Org’s Right to Post Public Laws and Regulations Online
Our laws belong to all of us, and we should be able to find, read, and share them free of registration requirements, fees, and other roadblocks.
Billionaires Cash In On Abusive Farm Worker Scam
To staff their agricultural properties, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, and other tycoons are using a controversial visa program linked to labor abuses and human trafficking.
Corporate Capture in California
The state DMV went to extreme lengths to shield Waymo from having to release any information about how it obtained permits for self-driving taxis in San Francisco.
45,000 USPS Workers Aren’t Getting Paid This Week Amidst Union Decertification Push
Instead of their pay, workers are being offered a money order that must be paid back due to what USPS called a “programming issue.”
Millions Sick and Untreated, Thanks to Medicaid ‘Unwinding’
By Eve Ottenberg, CounterPunch August 25, 2023 During the pandemic, poor people did not have to renew their Medicaid annually. Now that covid is supposedly over, that has changed. Unwinding, Read More…
The Climate Culprits Hiding Their Role In California’s Extreme Weather
As California is pummeled by unprecedented storms and wildfires, corporations are fighting a landmark bill exposing their true contributions to climate change.
America’s IRS Can’t Find Millions of Sensitive Tax Records: Watchdog
The US Internal Revenue Service cannot locate thousands of microfilm cartridges containing millions of sensitive individual and business tax account records, according to a watchdog report.
Judge Orders Former Fox News Reporter To Reveal Confidential Source
A United States judge upheld a subpoena requiring former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge to reveal the identity of a confidential source, who allegedly committed a Privacy Act violation against Chinese American scientist Yanping Chen.
New Docs Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners
While we may never know the full truth, we owe it to those harmed and killed to illuminate their stories.