| Sep 14, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedFor generations, workers have been punished by corporate bosses for watching the clock. But now, the corporate clock is watching workers. Called “digital productivity monitoring,” this surveillance is done by an integrated computer system including a real-time clock,...
| Jul 27, 2022 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIt’s January 2026. The Republican president thanks Congress for banning all abortions and makes an enthusiastic plea for a law that would require a national registry of pregnant women, so their pregnancies could be subject to surveillance. Far-fetched? Not the way...
| May 18, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyGrowing up in the Southern California suburbs, government surveillance never worried me. But my Syrian-American parents were more cautious. They would often warn me against talking about politics over the phone — in case Big Brother was snooping. As a teenager, I...
| Nov 10, 2021 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyTick-tick-tick — each sweep of Big Tech’s clock enhances corporate power and sweep away more of our civil rights. At first, each new surge of artificial intelligence and robotic technologies can seem perfectly benign, even playful. Take “Spot,” the robotic,...
| Feb 3, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyPresident Joe Biden has repealed the Muslim ban. As the news rolled in, I remembered how I felt four years ago, when the Trump administration first announced its intention to ban people from from several Muslim-majority countries from entering the country. The feeling...
