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CISA: Spying By Any Other Name

AdvocacyJuly 27, 2015

A new cybersecurity bill making its way through Congress could allow government agencies to access large amounts of your private data without due process. More

Free Expression Digest: Fri., July 24

News DigestJuly 24, 2015

France approves 'Big Brother' surveillance powers, Khadija Ismayilova's trial begins in Azerbaijan, Malaysia suspends 2 newspapers, and more... More

Monkeys

Flash Fiction
By: | July 22, 2015

You had to buy a good monkey, to know where it came from, for at least five years of guaranteed love, you had to know what it had or… More

Defining Socially Engaged Fiction

July 22, 2015

Socially engaged fiction, for the purposes of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, may describe categorical human transgressions in a way that compels readers to examine their own… More

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