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  Interview

  A Time for Breaking Laws: The Injustice of NSA Surveillance

  July 15, 2013 - 

  Rajkamal Kahlon, artist in residence at the ACLU last fall, speaks with Jameel Jaffer, director of the organization’s Center for Democracy, about the significance of the National Security Agency surveillance programs revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.  More

  By Rajkamal Kahlon

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  Op-Ed

  Turnkey Tyranny: Surveillance and the Terror State

  June 25, 2013 - 

  Connecting Edward Snowden’s revelations about NSA surveillance with inequality, climate change and the “war on terror,” artist Trevor Paglen argues that future administrations will respond to environmental and economic crises with the authoritarian tools of a rising “Terror State.”  More

  By Trevor Paglen

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  Dispatch

  Billionaires and Politicians: Rand Paul

  June 17, 2013 - 

  Investigating the corrosive effects of massive financial contributions to political campaigns, Michelle Marozik’s drawing series “Billionaires and Politicians” profiles elected officials and their wealthy patrons. Here, she shares her portrait of libertarian Congressman Rand Paul.  More

  By Michelle Marozik

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  Special to Creative Time Reports

  The Heidelberg Project: A Resilient Community Rebuilds, Again

  June 3, 2013 - 

  Last month, a fire razed an iconic house at the center of Tyree Guyton’s Heidelberg Project, which has assembled public art installations from discarded materials since 1986, inspiring Detroit communities beset by deep poverty.  More

  By The Heidelberg Project

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  Op-Ed

  Just Following Orders: Bradley Manning and Us

  June 3, 2013 - 

  The trial of Bradley Manning begins today, three years after his arrest. Manning faces a life sentence for “aiding the enemy,” but artist Molly Crabapple argues the soldier only betrayed his institution out of loyalty to humanity.  More

  By Molly Crabapple