In her upcoming book “The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State,” Jill Lepore warns that tech companies are increasingly replacing the functions of democratic government. This shift, she said, marks “a return to tyranny and mystification in the form of rule by algorithms, corporations, machines.” On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, I
WASHINGTON — Just months before the midterm elections, Democrats hope to convince voters that lawlessness under President Donald Trump’s administration is the biggest threat to their rights and pocketbooks. But the party’s past debates over crime and safety threaten to undermine that pitch. Across the country, Democratic candidates are grappling with their previous positions calling
The Clinton Foundation on Monday unveiled a new initiative to help state and local governments develop and enact nonpartisan policy solutions to improve health outcomes, especially for women and children, economic security and democracy. The Clinton Policy Institute, the foundation’s first new initiative in more than a decade, has already begun convening political leaders from
STREET. LUIS– Grabbing a microphone outside the courthouse where the infamous 1847 Dred Scott slavery case was argued, former Rep. Cori Bush described her ouster from Congress as another historic setback that needed to be reversed. “We’re here saying, send that descendant back, send her back to the place that the slaves built,” Bush said.
On Friday, a group of retired judges will step off a tour bus in an upscale Michigan suburb after three days of touring cornfields, cities and coal towns in Ohio and Pennsylvania. They carry a message with them. In courthouses and public squares, they have commemorated the nation’s 250th anniversary with a dire warning: the
Editor’s note: Justin Lynch is a researcher and analyst in Washington, DC. He is co-author of the book “Sudan’s unfinished democracy.” The opinions expressed here are his own. read more opinion on CNN. Four years ago, almost exactly, the people of Sudan were celebrating a revolution after overthrowing dictator Omar al-Bashir. Now the East African