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Many US law firms have concluded deals with the Trump administration. Does this jeopardize lawyers’ independence?
Bruce Ackerman is a renowned constitutional scholar in the United States. He believes that the voters have more power to reject Donald Trump’s agenda than the courts do.
When he thinks of the Neo-Black Movement, Usman dan Fodio likes to sing. He sings about African freedom fighters and their heroic deeds. He sings into the camera of his mobile phone and uploads ...
Governmental control is nothing compared to what Google is up to. The company is creating a wholly new genus of capitalism, a systemic coherent new logic of accumulation we should call ...
Recall those fabled frogs happy in the magic pond. Playful. Distracted. The water temperature slowly rises, but the frogs don’t notice. By the time it reaches the boiling point, it’s too late ...
More than a century ago, Sigmund Freud showed how we censor ourselves. In the age of digital mass surveillance we are facing self-censorship of a different dimension. We are more cautious, warier.
Even the best laws will not lead to a safer internet. We need a sharper picture of the information apocalypse that awaits us in a world where personal data is traded to avert the catastrophy.