Mr. Trump could potentially use such information to advance his political agenda by policing immigrants and punishing critics...

Flock's automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are in more than 5,000 communities around the U.S. Local police are doing lookups in the nationwide system for ICE.

Fleeing is a cheap, ego-flattering maneuver; it helps no one. This is not the late Weimar period or Nazi Germany.

Some leave authoritarian regimes because of persecution. But some leave to fight from out of reach of the regime, and examples abound including from occupied France during the Second World War and Latin American countries ruled by dictators in the 1970s and 1980s.

The White House launches a taxpayer-funded “news wire” to push state propaganda

A big lie is at the heart of Trump’s tariffs

AI is not just another tech revolution. It’s the perfect storm of surveillance, manipulation, and digital obedience...

If state governments surrender their datasets, there’s no telling how they could be abused

Holding police officers accountable when they commit crimes or violate constitutional rights is one of the most difficult things to do in law.

How autocrats protect their claims to be the sole arbiters of truth

There are still plenty of options for leaving the USA or the UK which do not involve asylum, and we believe at the time of writing that they represent a far better choice.

"It is corruption and self dealing on a scale that we've never seen in American history."

Netanyahu is about to escalate, yet again, his war crimes in Gaza.

With Trump’s help, Republicans across the country are sowing doubt about next year’s congressional elections—and gearing up for 2028.

Lessons from Duterte's Philippines for the United States.