The report, Surveillance Costs: The NSA's Impact on the Economy, Internet Freedom & Cybersecurity, is available online at the New America Foundation.

“Too often, we have discussed the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs through the distorting lens of a simplistic ‘security versus pri...

The Open Technology Institute has put together a thorough paper detailing the many adverse effects the NSA disclosures have had, both on American b...

It has been over a year since The Guardian reported the first story on the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs based on the leaks from...

“Too often, we have discussed the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs through the distorting lens of a simplistic ‘security versus pri...

U.S. technology companies are in danger of losing more business to foreign competitors if the National Security Agency’s power to spy on customers ...

Kevin Bankston, policy director of the Open Technology Institute, tells U.S. News a version of the Freedom Act stronger than the House counterpart ...

Though the challenges to American interests in the Middle East could hardly be more complex or interrelated, I will attempt to focus sharply on the...

New America Foundation's Leila Hilal describes how local councils have tried to manage and rebuild Syrian communities.

Kevin Bankston, the organization’s policy director, said in a statement that the new bill “would go a long way toward stemming the costs of the NSA...

Aleta Sprague: The fees and the surcharges that we are talking about are a real problem that require a real solution...

Washington, DC – The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) released a report today that examines the business considerations for financial s...

Washington, DC – The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) released a report today that examines the business considerations for financial s...

As a new version of the USA FREEDOM Act surveillance reform bill is expected to be introduced in the Senate this week, the debate about the Nationa...

*As a new version of the USA FREEDOM Act surveillance reform bill is expected to be introduced in the Senate this week, the debate about the Nation...

Anish Goel, a former White House official dealing with India, said, "I am optimistic about the coming summit, but don't expect a major breakthrough."

Tom Ricks, the military writer, had been a persistent critic of Biden’s judgment on Iraq and Afghanistan; he once titled a blog post “Just how wron...

After the 1949 revolution in China, Chairman Mao famously proclaimed that women hold up half the sky. But since then, the sky has been turning dark...

C The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with new...

A new report published by ACT examines the financial burdens placed on families in funding their children’s college education, particularly after t...

As Seeta Peña Gangadharan argues, “Data literacy can’t be taught by parachute or evangelism. The best thing would be to give resources to schools, ...

When determining if a project or process was successful, frequently we look at what the outcomes were, detailed statistics about what happened, as ...