The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Friday unveiled an updated security checklist aimed at helping campaigns protect themselves from cyberattacks. The list — the second version released by the DNC in recent months — calls for staff to keep their devices up to date to prevent hackers from exploiting any exposed vulnerabilities. It also calls for staffers to…

A diverse coalition of advocacy groups representing more than 15 million people launched a grassroots pressure campaign Thursday calling on local, state, and federal lawmakers to completely ban law enforcement use of facial recognition technology, which the organizations warn is “spreading like an epidemic” and poses a dire threat to fundamental privacy rights. “Facial recognition…

Donald Trump is taking marching orders from Saudi Arabia, said progressive members of Congress and foreign policy analysts, after the president tweeted Sunday that the U.S. military is prepared and waiting for the kingdom to assign blame for attacks on its oil facilities over the weekend. “There is reason to believe that we know the…

The ways humanity produces and consumes food cause up to 30 percent of planet-warming emissions, generate widespread malnutrition, and perpetuate poverty and inequality—but a new report released Monday claims that 10 global transformations over the next decade could help the international community tackle the climate crisis and feed over nine billion people. “This is the…

The prepared testimony of former U.S. envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker, published Friday, provides new details about the involvement of Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s lawyer, in pressuring Ukrainian officials to commit to an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden. According to Volker’s testimony, Giuliani rejected a draft statement put forward by the Ukrainian…

Following the lead of pharma-friendly Rep. Richard Neal, Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee this week crushed several progressive amendments to a House drug pricing bill that would have expanded the number of medicines covered by the legislation and extended lower costs to the nation’s tens of millions of uninsured. The Intercept reported…

Two-thirds of likely voters in the early primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina support “ending the production of fossil fuels,” according to a survey released Tuesday by Greenpeace. The poll also found that of the voters who favor ending fossil fuel production, 50 percent support ceasing production “immediately.” “Voters expect the…

C’est le bol d’air frais de l’été 2011. Envolez-vous avec “Nicostratos le pélican” en avant-première, et découvrez des extraits du film. La relation entre un jeune homme et un magnifique volatile sous le soleil d’une petite île grecque, c’est l’aventure qui raconte Nicostratos le pélican, un film signé Olivier Horlait, co-réalisateur de Sunny et l’éléphant…

EU Confidential #167: Commission reshuffle — Strasbourg skip — Brexit’s back — Twitter’s Nick Pickles By Cristina Gonzalez 9/10/20, 7:28 PM CET Listen to the podcast on Spotify | Apple | Google | Stitcher | Simplecast A European Commission reshuffle, the European Parliament’s decision to skip Strasbourg and new uproar over Brexit all feature in…

Robby Mook, who ran Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE’s 2016 presidential campaign, will take over the largest super PAC backing House…