Google Blasted Over Privacy

American Voices

June 15, 2007 | ISSUE 43•24

Google, the popular search engine, is under fire for having the worst privacy practices on the web. What do you think?

And no one's arrested me yet? How sick are the people watching me?

Cara Tydrich
Systems Analyst
This news has definitely made me think twice about providing my credit card number along with each search query.

Sam Brenneman
Camping Guide
Well, since Google already knows, I might as well just say it: I frequently search for good deals on antique furniture.

Hector Stein
Assisted Care Administrator

U.S. Census Overcounted By 36,000

05.24.12 | ISSUE 48•21

A survey revealed that the 2010 census counted an extra 36,000 people, or 0.01 percent, because of duplicate forms and deaths, which is down from the 0.49 percent overcount in the 2000 census.
Egypt Holds First Presidential Elections

05.23.12 | ISSUE 48•21

Fifteen months after Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak was deposed, Egyptians voted in their first-ever free presidential elections.
Catholic Orgs Sue Over Birth-Control Rule

05.23.12 | ISSUE 48•21

Several Catholic institutions, including Notre Dame, are suing the federal government over the Obama administration’s birth control funding mandate.
Posthumously-Conceived Children Get No Benefits

05.22.12 | ISSUE 48•21

The Supreme Court ruled that a set of twins conceived with frozen sperm through in vitro fertilization 18 months after the father's death are not eligible for Social Security survivor benefits.
Karzai Thanks U.S. Taxpayers For Covering Cost Of War

05.22.12 | ISSUE 48•21

In an address given during the NATO summit in Chicago, Afghan president Hamid Karzai thanked the people of the United States for bearing the cost of the war.