Announcing: Political Activists & Grand Juries

What is a grand jury?* The basics. *This primer applies to federal grand juries. Some states also use grand jury systems, which operate similarly but may have different rules and procedures. Grand juries are investigative bodies that were originally intended to...
Technofascism in the USA

Technofascism in the USA

Micah Lee, journalist and technologist, outlined what he calls “the growing age of technofascism” – the fusion of authoritarian politics with Big Tech surveillance – at his BSides Portland keynote talk. Drawing from years of experience protecting journalists and...

Know Your Rights When Posting About ICE

The extent of the brutal tactics used by ICE in its assault on people and  US cities has been made public only through the bravery of citizen journalists and activists who document ICE activity and post it online. In response, ICE has targeted those activists. The...

Gird Your Loins and Murmurate

Recently, I was at a powerful gathering of environmental and climate organizations from around the country. My friend and comrade, the Director of Water Protector Legal Collective, and I gave a three-hour workshop on assessing risk, armoring up, and continuing to do...

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