A quiet, decentralized backlash against a license-plate-tracking company has turned into one of the most visible acts of civil disobedience against surveillance technology in years — camera by camera, pole by pole. Flock Safety cameras, automated license plate readers used by more than 5,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide, have been vandalized, disabled or stolen in… Continue reading Americans Have Vandalized Police Surveillance Cameras in at Least 36 States

The labor market keeps sending calm signals even as the war economy behind it gets louder — layoffs remain rare, but the price of that stability is being paid at the gas pump. Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 206,000 for the week ending August 15, the Labor Department… Continue reading Jobless Claims Keep Falling. The War With Iran Is Still Showing Up in Prices.

Thousands of families in northwest Indiana are throwing out spoiled food, lining up for hot meals and hunting for a place to charge a phone — more than a week after a storm hit, and with no firm date for when the lights come back on. Tens of thousands of residents in northwest Indiana entered… Continue reading It’s Been Nine Days Since the Storm Hit Gary, Indiana. The Power Still Isn’t Back.

A federal judge already ordered Trump’s name removed from the Kennedy Center once. Now the same judge has to decide whether the center’s Trump-appointed board can put it back up in three places at once. Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, filed an emergency motion Thursday night asking U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper to block the Kennedy… Continue reading A Congresswoman Is Racing to Stop Trump’s Name From Going Back Up at the Kennedy Center