Zelle, the Banks’ Answer to Venmo, Proves Vulnerable to Fraud
"Interviews with more than two dozen customers who had their money stolen through Zelle illustrate the weaknesses that criminals are using in targeting the network."
CIA’s legacy of torture lives on in Thailand’s ‘black site’
"There has never been an investigation into the Thai officials or agencies involved in the CIA’s covert detentions, which continued until at least 2004 and probably violated national laws."
In Nearly Half the U.S., Marijuana Arrests Have Gone Up Since 2014
"Meanwhile, thousands of people who were arrested previously for what is now legal in many places continue to languish in prisons."
My Trip to Court and the Stories Cops Tell
Basically, police want to operate with no limits. No oversight. No accountability.
Speaking Truth on the History of “States’ Rights” and Slavery
Most people’s political convictions resemble those of Captain Renault from the classic film Casablanca; it blows with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be not entirely hostile to states’ rights. But that will likely change. That’s why it’s important that the myths used to smear and tarnish a noble ideology by equating it…
California Committee Approves Measure to Help End Unchecked Police Surveillance, Establish More Local Control
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 23, 2018) – Last week, a California Senate committee passed a bill that would increase oversight and transparency of law enforcement surveillance technology. Passage of the bill would take the first step toward limiting the unchecked use of surveillance technologies that violate basic privacy rights and feed into a broader national surveillance…
Illinois Action Alert: Help Stop Local Police Militarization
HB4286 will need to be moved from the Rules Committee to the House floor.