As powerful media organizations and the government threaten to stifle free speech, a coalition of activists is fighting for your right to connect and communicate.

Higher education is being defunded as part of a larger scheme to dismantle and privatize all public services, goods and spheres.

We've selected some of our favorite clips from Bill's interview with investigative journalist Julia Angwin, author of the new book, Dragnet Nation.

States are considering laws that prevent private companies from photographing license plates. The companies are pushing back.

In today's Web-centric era, our privacy is at risk of being violated by numerous entities in numerous ways. Julia Angwin outlines each.

"Let me say up front that I come to the Senate floor reluctantly... I’ve been trying to resolve this dispute in a discreet and respectful way."

While the president’s words can still soar, the actions he proposes show a remarkably consistent inability to leave the ground.

Five years into the Obama administration, “Thou Shalt Not” has become “Thou Shalt.”

We asked a number of people, including Andrew Bacevich, Henry Giroux, Juan Cole, Danielle Brian and others, to share their reactions to Mike Lofgren's essay analyzing the Deep State.

The scholar notes that "if absolute power corrupts absolutely, invisible power corrupts invisibly," but says that the Deep State apparatus is vulnerable to a vigilant public.