MEDIA ROOTS — Jonathan Turley, a professor of law at George Washington University Law School, discussed on C-SPAN his Washington Post article, “Are You Being Watched? It’s Your Fault,” “looking at the issues of surveillance and privacy and U.S. citizens’ loss of privacy protections,” as well as their own complicity in this crisis and related implications, such as the intergenerational … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — With governments, citizens, and activists worldwide increasingly relying on the internet, the environment the internet fosters is a hotly contested issue. Last summer, the United Nations declared that disconnecting people from the internet was a human rights violation and against international law. Considering internet access as a human right and witnessing the vital contribution it has played … Read More
“The President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” Article II, Section 4, U.S. Constitution MEDIA ROOTS – Those who feel there is something terribly wrong with the influence of the federal government today must not revert to placing … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman are the directors of the limited theatrical release documentary film, If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, which earned a 2011 Sundance Award and a 2012 Academy Award nomination. The film tells the story of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and touches upon the question of whether the … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — The enduring U.S. quest for security, or police state repression, truly knows no bounds. If your community hasn’t been surveilled by Obama’s drones yet, it’ll be coming soon to a protest near you. In addition to Obama’s expansive global drone killing apparatus, Congress passed a bill earlier this week opening the US skies to unmanned drone surveillance for … Read More
