Month December 2016

How photographs can argue for human rights

Ms. Dhu was a 22-year-old Yamatji woman who died in custody in the South Hedland Police Station in August 2014.  Arrested for unpaid fines, she was already suffering from pneumonia and septicaemia caused by a broken rib, inflicted by her…

The FBI Just Got Disturbing New Hacking Powers

At midnight, the U.S. government quietly gained expansive new surveillance abilities after a last-ditch effort to stop changes to the federal code of criminal procedure died on the Senate floor. Senator Ron Wyden tried three times on Wednesday to stall…

24 Countries Where the Money Contains Meat

File photo of delicious meat, albeit meat that was presumably not used in the manufacture of banknotes (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for the New York Culinary Experience) This week, some people in Britain and Canada were shocked to learn…