New York City is moving firmly in response to the thugs' killing of Eric Garner, but not questioning the deeper policy of jailing people over any minor crime.

When legitimate work is hard to get and pays too little to live on, poor people are compelled to break laws to survive. Plutocratic government uses that as an excuse to oppress them.

The only way to reduce annoying crime and black-marketeering is to stop running the economy for the rich. Everyone who can't work should get enough aid for a decent life, and jobs should pay a living wage.

File sharing sites that governments blocked the name of the world cup have remained blocked and will probably be blocked permanently.

This is another incidental form of oppression dealt out by the world cup.

San Diego has set up a network of state and private cameras that any thug can watch at any time.

Oh, Great: Robots Are Set to Conduct National Security Clearance Interviews.

Citizens of Massachusetts: contact specific state legislators in favor of three privacy bills. If they don't pass by July 31 they will be dead for this year.