Human Rights

I have seen the failure of activism. I don’t mean to say that political community organizing isn’t both effective and powerful. I am saying that there is a field out beyond the concrete soulless activism that too often drives the Left. …

It’s been about three years. In the sweltering North Indian summer and half a city away, I interned at a modest organisation swung into activity by less than fifteen folks every day. My days, then, were almost always pre-stuffed with overtime work. I wished to do a lot, and well…

It’s been eight years since WiFi Map first launched as a self-funded startup in 2014. The project mission has always been simple: to connect as many people as possible to the internet. …

by Laura Carter You’re writing a grant application, and you want to make a strong case for open science! You’ve seen colleagues use language from human rights treaties to support their arguments for open work in the past: but what does that actually mean? Does international human rights law really…

Below is a comment from one of our developers regarding the recent events with Tornado Cash. Privacy is a human right. Moreover, it is the enabler of many other democratic rights. One person’s right violation without a proper response makes a thousand people voluntarily give up on it. Small violations…

Why market justice fails to provide justice — What is just? We all have a sense of justice but obviously there are enough examples where we come to different conclusions (death penalty, corporal punishment, social welfare just to name a few). Some might even argue that justice is relative and depends on the culture you live in or…