Have you heard of Ida Tarbell? In 1903 she wrote a series of pieces for McClure’s magazine about the monopolistic practices of the Standard Oil Company under the ownership of John D. Rockefeller. As a result of her investigative reporting . . .
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3/16/17
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Suddenly, we’re back to passing notes. Witness the epidemic of hacking, even of presumably secure websites and email accounts. I’ve been hacked, you probably have, and I get notices all the time about . . .
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11/3/16
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Around this time last year, we editorialized on the need for more transparency in government to guard against corruption and restore citizens’ faith in our democracy.
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4/3/14
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After more than six months of investigations and controversy surrounding U.S. surveillance policies, President Obama delivered highly anticipated remarks . . .
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1/23/14
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If you wrote the story of Edward Snowden as a novel, no one would buy it, literally or figuratively.
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6/20/13
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Is it spying when the National Security Agency listens to your phone calls and reads your text messages?
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6/20/13
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