The powerful, largely unregulated technology poses significant privacy and civil liberty risks.
Branko Marcetic
Branko Marcetic is an editorial intern at The American Prospect.
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Report: Patients’ Groups With Big Pharma Ties Came Out Against Medicare Drug Plan
Earlier this year, nearly 400 patients’ groups signed onto two separate letters criticizing a recent Medicare proposal aimed at bringing down the cost of prescription drugs. Warning that there would be dire consequences for patients if the proposal moves forward, patients’ groups including the Partnership to Improve Patient Care and the Quality Cancer Care Alliance […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Report: Most Pharma Donations Go to Drug-Affordability Opponents
Alarmed by a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pilot program that aims to bring down the cost of drugs to patients, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have lined up against it, citing concerns ranging from rationing of care to reduction in rural patients’ access to affordable providers. But a Public […]
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Report: Warnings about Encryption ‘Back Doors’ Vindicated
The House Homeland Security Committee released a report Wednesday acknowledging what the technology industry has been telling the federal government for more than a year: It’s impossible to give law enforcement a “back door” to encryption technologies without giving bad actors the same access to people’s phones and other devices. The “Going Dark, Going Forward: […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
Vermont Law Delivers Overlooked Victory for Privacy Rights
Recent foreign and domestic terrorist attacks have tilted the advantage on surveillance toward law enforcement and security agencies, which are using these incidents to push for broader powers. Civil liberties advocates can take heart, however, in a privacy victory that has largely gone unnoticed. In early June, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed a sweeping privacy […]
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American Intelligence Agencies Lag Behind in Diversity
For decades, intelligence agencies like the CIA and NSA that have been tarred with accusations of sexism and racial profiling have worked hard to clean up their images and present a friendlier, more inclusive face to the world. Unfortunately, despite these efforts, similar scandals continue to hound the intelligence community, from the CIA’s hand in […]
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ColoradoCare’s Democratic Opponents Rely on Health-Care Sector Campaign Contributions
Top recipients include Governor Mike Hickenlooper and Senator Michael Bennett, who both opposed the measure.