Edward Snowden | How the National Security State Kills a Free Society
Edward Snowden, American Civil Liberties Union
Snowden writes: "Technology has been a liberating force in our lives. It allows us to create and share the experiences that make us human, effortlessly. But in secret, our very own government - one bound by the Constitution and its Bill of Rights - has reverse-engineered something beautiful into a tool of mass surveillance and oppression."
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Seattle University Gunman Stopped by Student 'Heroes' After Man Shot Dead Edward Snowden, American Civil Liberties Union
Snowden writes: "Technology has been a liberating force in our lives. It allows us to create and share the experiences that make us human, effortlessly. But in secret, our very own government - one bound by the Constitution and its Bill of Rights - has reverse-engineered something beautiful into a tool of mass surveillance and oppression."
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Associated Press
Excerpt: "When a lone gunman armed with a shotgun at a small Seattle university stopped firing at students to reload, another student pepper-sprayed him and subdued him with the help of others and prevented more deaths, police said."
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Wisconsin Federal Court Holds State Ban on Same-Sex Marriages Unconstitutional
Dale Carpenter, The Washington Post
Carpenter reports: "Today Wisconsin District Court Judge Barbara Crabb struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriages. The prohibition, held Judge Crabb, violates the fundamental right to marry protected by the Due Process Clause and constitutes discrimination based on sexual orientation in violation of the Equal Protection Clause."
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Strike Tangles Sao Paulo Again in Run-Up to World Cup
Brad Haynes, Reuters
Haynes writes: "Brazil's biggest city confronted a second straight day of commuting chaos on Friday, as striking subway workers and a protest over housing conditions tangled the streets of Sao Paulo less than a week before it hosts the opening match of the World Cup."
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Oil Companies Are Still Using the Faulty Equipment That Caused the BP Oil Spill
Emily Atkin, ThinkProgress
Atkin writes: "The historic BP oil well explosion in April 2010 was not supposed to be so bad. If things had gone as planned, the offshore drilling rig's last defense - a deep-sea mechanism called a 'blowout preventer' - would have kicked in ... potentially preventing 11 deaths and 5 million barrels of crude oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico."
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EU Gets Ready to Open Canadian Tar Sands Floodgate
Sarah Lazare, Common Dreams
Lazare writes: "After years of lobbying to break into European markets, Canada's tar sands oil industry is poised to score a victory from EU lawmakers who have signaled willingness to drop a requirement that labels tar sands oil as dirtier than other fossil fuels."
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