One world under CCTV

By Simon Dürr Does fear of terrorism warrant limitless surveillance? As you walk around a mid-sized city in the Western world you will pass around 30 to 70 surveillance cameras. In cities such as London, in the world’s most surveilled nation – the United Kingdom – that number can reach…

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Crooked Borders: Taking a Closer Look at Gerrymandering

By Karen Ramirez and Simon Dürr Political parties have been redrawing voting districts to maintain political power ever since the US was founded, but gerrymandering, as this practice is called, has recently been under heightened scrutiny due to its increasing impact on US electoral results. The rising sophistication and success of…

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