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  • The Danger of American Apathy on NSA Surveillance

    New docs reveal the alarming scope of NSA data collection. But half of Americans see the spying as 'no big deal.' They are allowing government to chip away at freedoms that others, especially in the Arab world, are giving their lives to build.
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    • July 31, 2013

  • Bring Voting into the Digital Age

    Restrictive voter registration laws — like the one the Supreme Court struck down this week in Arizona — should remind us that America needs to modernize voting. It is clearly time to replace the paper system thereby admitting more voters.
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    • June 19, 2013

  • The Real Problem with Data Mining

    In addition to the privacy and civil-liberties concerns surrounded the recent NSA surveillance program leak, there’s another major problem — this kind of dragnet-style data capture simply doesn’t keep us safe.
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    • June 7, 2013

  • IDC Has Power to Reform New York Government

    The Senate’s “independent” bloc may block the most promising reform of its generation — campaign finance reform with public financing at its core — one its own members have introduced. In effect, they may filibuster themselves.
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    • June 6, 2013

  • Oversight Will Help, Not Hurt, the NYPD

    City Council Speaker Christine Quinn recently announced her support of a bill to establish independent oversight for the Police Department. Our experience in city government has shown us, again and again, that independent oversight makes agencies better and stronger.
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    • March 28, 2013

  • The Growing War on the War on Drugs

    In America today, 2.3 million people are in jail or prison, 6 million if you count people on probation or out on parole. Over a quarter of our nation’s population (65 million) have a criminal record. None of this is acceptable in a civilized nation, yet it’s all fixable if our leaders exercise the will to do so.
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    • March 25, 2013