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America is the world leader in locking up its citizens. The multi-billion dollar prison industry profits on the poor and incarcerated. Now they're coming for inmates' mail.  This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author. The US incarcerates more of its citizens than any other country in the world. That's not just in raw numbers, but the most human beings per capita locked in cages.  America locks up a higher percentage and more in total of its people than authoritarian China, one of the world's worst human rights abusers with a population four times that of the U...

Far-right parties have capitalised on unrest, exacerbated by the pandemic. The left must unite efforts and mainstream politicians should stem polarisation to prevent right-wing extremism spilling beyond the voting booth. Parisa Hashempour is a freelance journalist and International Studies lecturer living in the Netherlands. This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author. In the face of the pandemic, far-right populism is catching on. While Trump's fall from ungrace across the pond gave onlookers some respite, mistaking the far-right as a flailing entity would be th...

Shaming people who left the city during a pandemic that shut down schools, commerce, and caused mass carnage is dumb. Don't do it.

Getty Images The Australian government has shown that people want big, bold action against the tech companies. With the stroke of a pen, the Biden administration can bring competition to the search engine market. Opening up Google's web index is how the United States can catch up in the international race to regulate Google. Zack Maril is the founder of the Knuckleheads' Club, an organization dedicated to opening up Google's web index. This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author. It was unthinkable even just a few months ago, but Go...

Sky Roughly 1.3 million adults in the United States are under conservatorships like Britney Spears. Guardianship is justified as a way to protect its subjects, but can be extremely difficult to get out of. To protect human rights and dignity, courts should not impose guardianship unless it is an absolute last resort. Rebekah Diller and Leslie Salzman are clinical professors of law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, where they are co-directors of the Bet Tzedek Civil Litigation Clinic.  This is an opinion column. The thoughts expresse...