Governments today also increasingly outsource the fighting of wars to private military corporations—today’s version of the age-old mercenary. These corporations act under government authorization, through contract, but they are not part of the national army. During recent U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, private contractors accounted for 50 percent of the total Department of Defense presence, on average. As for the United Kingdom, in 2006 there were twenty thousand private contractors in Iraq—three times as many as regular British soldiers.
The Trump administration is rushing to approve dozens of eleventh-hour policy changes. Among them: The Justice Department is fast-tracking a rule that could reintroduce firing squads and electrocutions to federal executions.
There is a lengthy economic literature assessing the value of a statistical life; for example, in environmental and health regulation. Although no single number is universally accepted, ranges are often used. In environmental and health policy,3 for example, a statistical life is assumed to be worth $10 million. With a more conservative value of $7 million per life, the economic cost of premature deaths expected through the next year is estimated at $4.4 trillion.
The notice was filed with the National Labor Relations Board as warehouse employees globally have raised concerns about coronavirus spread
While older Canadians may be more likely than their younger counterparts to require help and care in their daily lives, almost one-quarter of Canadian seniors aged 65 years and older are caregivers themselves. And while the roles and responsibilities of these senior caregivers may have changed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenges they face could be heightened.
Last week [Schneier] signed on to two joint letters about the security of the 2020 election. The first was as one of 59 election security experts, basically saying that while the election seems to have been both secure and accurate (voter suppression notwithstanding), we still need to work to secure our election systems.
Exposé on Project Wide Awake web spying adds reasons to consider changing privacy law, Angus says.
Eleven states let school districts decide whether students and staff must wear masks. One Georgia middle school where masks were optional became the center of an outbreak.
This weekend, the G20 leaders’ summit takes place – not physically of course, but by video link. Proudly hosted by Saudi Arabia, that bastion of democracy and civil rights, the G20 leaders are focusing on the impact on the world economy from the COVID-19 pandemic.
ICYMI: Bolivia Foreign Affairs communicates that the Government, "in its firm conviction for integration, resumes its full participation as a member country of ALBA-TCP, CELAG and UNASUR."
Last night local parties across Britain – from Edinburgh to Newcastle, Bolton, Bristol and Liverpool – passed motions opposing Keir Starmer's decision to deny Jeremy Corbyn the Labour whip in the broadest rebellion against his leadership to date.
How does tracking technology follow your trail around the web, even if you’ve taken protective measures? Cover Your Tracks shows you how trackers see your browser, providing you with an overview of your most unique and identifying characteristics.
On November 20, we remember Two-Spirit and transgender people hurt and killed by transphobia and transmisogyny, in and outside the workplace. We renew our commitment to dismantling these and other systems of oppression that exploit and harm trans people: class, colonialism, white supremacy, ableism, patriarchy and homophobia. Trans people at the intersections of those systems face the highest rates of discrimination, harassment and violence.
A primary aim of the discussion is to envision how our (soon-to-be-formed) local union might engage in anti-racism work through bargaining, activism, and solidarity with ongoing efforts.
Following a $6.1 billion loss in the first quarter, Canadian trusteed pension funds bounced back with net income of $7.7 billion in the second quarter.
Total revenue fell $4.1 billion from the first quarter to $35.9 billion in the second quarter, mainly due to lower profits on sales of securities (-29.3%) and investment income (-9.6%).
Expenditures fell by over one-third (-$17.2 billion) to $28.2 billion, mainly driven by smaller losses on the sale of securities ($3.9 billion) compared with the previous quarter ($20.6 billion).
Brereton report finds prisoners were executed to ‘blood’ junior soldiers and unlawful killings were deliberately covered up
ProPublica interviewed 15 teenagers and young adults in Bensenville alone who said they work or have worked as minors inside more than two dozen factories, warehouses and food processing facilities in the Chicago suburbs, usually through temporary staffing agencies, and nearly all in situations where federal and state child labor laws would explicitly prohibit their employment.
Foxglove is supporting social media content moderators in their fights for fair treatment from the platforms they work for, and for safe working conditions during the pandemic. Here is the full text of an open letter which over 200 Facebook content moderators from across the world have just addressed to Facebook’s leaders
Today EFF is launching How to Fix the Internet, a new podcast mini-series to examine potential solutions to six ills facing the modern digital landscape. Over the course of 6 episodes, we’ll consider how current tech policy isn’t working well for users and invite experts to join us in imagining a better future. Hosted by EFF’s Executive Director Cindy Cohn and our Director of Strategy Danny O’Brien, How to Fix the Internet digs into the gritty technical details and the case law surrounding these digital rights topics, while charting a course toward how we can better defend the rights of users.
Zoom cited anti-terrorism laws to shut down an event with Palestinian activist Leila Khaled — and other events criticizing its censorship.