Tag: By Rania Khalek
Rania Khalek: How the Political Right Bullied the Department of Homeland Security Into Ignoring the Threat of Right-Wing Extremism
August 2011 |
After right-wingers freaked out about a report detailing the rise in right-wing extremism, Homeland Security effectively dismantled a unit tasked with tracking it. |
Rania Khalek: 15 Years in Prison For Taping the Cops? How Eavesdropping Laws Are Taking Away Our Best Defense Against Police Brutality
August 2011 |
More and more people use their smartphones to record police misconduct. But laws against wiretapping are being used to intimidate and stop them. |
Rania Khalek: 5 WikiLeaks Hits of 2011 That Are Turning the World on Its Head—And That the Media Are Ignoring
June 2011 |
Is 2011 capable of exceeding 2010’s revelations? And what discoveries in 2011 has WikiLeaks unearthed thus far? |
Rania Khalek: America’s Creeping Police State
June 2011 |
Imperialism abroad is destroying what is left of our democracy at home. From warrantless wiretapping to warrantless door-busting, this is what a police state looks like. |
