The Martyrdom of Afghan Women
How long will it take to understand what “politics as usual” means in Afghanistan? Following the Taliban’s near-complete takeover of...
Peter Isackson
Will Personal Data Abuse Destroy Social Trust?
Only days after The Washington Post’s startling revelations of abuse by various governments using Israeli firm NSO’s Pegasus spyware, Axios...
Is Spying an Art or a Crime?
The New York Times on Monday reported that the US has accused China “of breaching Microsoft email systems used by...
How Lobbyists Understand Politics
In May, an undercover journalist seeking to understand how fossil fuel companies manage the political side of their business managed...
Facebook Escapes Again
The world has changed radically over the past 200 years. At the same time, some of the most critical institutions...
Does Jeff Bezos Pay Enough Tax?
As a columnist for The Washington Post, Megan McArdle works for the Post’s owner, a man named Jeff Bezos. Over...
Tech Giants and the National Security State
The United States proudly believes in its uniqueness as the one nation in this corrupt world that remains dedicated to...
The Importance of Whistleblowers in a Democracy
This week, ProPublica published a long, detailed article that blew the roof off two burning and intimately related questions currently...
Does “Solidarity” Have Any Meaning?
Recent events across the globe have confirmed that the two institutions most people think of as the pillars of our...
The Champion in the Art of Tax Avoidance Can Now be Crowned
On June 3, The Guardian revealed that a company valued at over $1 trillion banked its profits without sacrificing a...
