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The fact that face recognition technology, which can be readily abused, has been deployed by federal agencies largely in secret should give us all pause. The technology gives government agencies the unprecedented power to track who we are, where we go, and who we know.

Just as the government shouldn’t be monitoring the reading habits of ordinary library patrons, it shouldn’t be monitoring what Wikimedia’s users are privately reading online.

To all the inspiring young people I get to work with, and to all the young people I may never meet, I am encouraged watching your generation fight for a more just society.

Candidates should also commit to working with Congress to pass and sign into law the EACH Woman Act, which would lift bans on abortion coverage in government insurance programs once and for all and also stop politicians from meddling with abortion coverage in private insurance plans.

One of the greatest men I have ever known has left this earth — which leaves a certain kind of heartbreak but also a reminder of how lucky I was to experience his mentorship.

Transgender people need our friends and family to see us, honor and acknowledge who we are, and say publicly that we belong.

What President Trump objects to so strenuously is nothing more than what the framers of our Constitution demanded: a system of accountability. We agree with the framers that these procedures safeguard liberty and constrain the abuse of government power.

It is past time to remove unjust mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines that takes all discretion away from judges.

On voting rights and immigration, the Legislature chose to traffic in misinformation and extremism in order to go back to a time before the constitution protected the rights of all people, and that is shameful.