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A Skydio X10 drone lifts off from an automated launch station on the roof of a building in Huntington Beach, CA, on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. Photo by Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Prisons and Policing

First came the Flock cameras. Now local cops want autonomous drones.

by Mike Ludwig August 11, 2026August 11, 2026

Hundreds of local police departments have received waivers to fly surveillance drones that navigate with AI.

Residents and protesters clash with federal agents in the East Side neighborhood on October 14, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Photo by Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

‘No Kings’ protests set to sweep US even as Trump increases attacks on activists

by Mike Ludwig October 16, 2025October 16, 2025

A flaring stack in Port Comfort can be seen from a nature boardwalk in Port Lavaca, Texas, on July 7, 2024. Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images

Fossil fuel plants belched toxic pollution as Hurricane Beryl hit Gulf Coast

by Mike Ludwig July 12, 2024July 12, 2024

Hundreds Protest Obama Administration’s Plans to Expand Offshore Drilling in Gulf

by Mike Ludwig March 24, 2016September 23, 2020

Politics and Movements: US

Police Continue to Violate Press Freedom In Ferguson

by Mike Ludwig August 19, 2014September 23, 2020

Too Many Secrets: Fixing the Government’s Broken System for Classifying Information

by Mike Ludwig December 15, 2013September 23, 2020