Trump’s election meddling is threatening US democracy by Adam Levine, Manu Raju and Jeremy Diamond

(CNN) — Never mind meddling by Russia, China or Iran. The most dangerous threat to the integrity of November's election is coming from the man sworn to protect it, the President of the United States. Trailing badly in the polls, overtaken by the worst health crisis in 100 years and deprived of the cruising economy …

Facial Recognition Technology not “In Accordance with Law” by Human Rights Blog

R (on the application of Edward Bridges) v Chief Constable of South Wales Police (Respondent)and Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Information Commissioner, the Surveillance Camera Commissioner and the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales (Interested Parties) [2020] EWCA Civ 1058 The Court of Appeal, overturning a Divisional Court decision, has …

Burna Boy: ‘Brothers in the US have been stripped of their knowledge of self’ by Lanre Bakare

The Nigerian pop star on Black Lives Matter, how British fans find it easier to tune into his wavelength – and why everyone’s got it wrong about Muammar Gaddafi Burna Boy might be Africa’s biggest music star, but when he speaks, it’s hard to place exactly where he’s from. Ask him about the US, and …

Federal Character

Political analyst, Professor Pat Utomi says President Buhari can make all his political appointments from one village in the country as far as those he is bringing into office can get the job done "Let’s get serious. Let’s get to move this country forward and away from all this small, petty issues. To me, it …

The Plot Against America review – fascism grips in taut political allegory by Lucy Mangan

The Wire writers David Simon and Ed Burns craft an expert adaptation of Philip Roth’s alternative history novel charting the impact of Charles Lindbergh’s rise to the presidency We may never know what prompted two of the most sociopolitically concerned writers in modern television history to turn at this precise juncture to adapting Philip Roth’s …