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Fathers 4 Justice calls in some heavy hitters for help in London. (Reuters/Kieran Doherty)

Dads across world fight laws: “We’re not deadbeats!”

by Cynthia Rosi on May 10, 2012


In the UK, dads cut off from their children by the courts have scaled tall buildings and thrown a purple condom at Tony Blair in protest. In the U.S., a backlash builds against locking up fathers for not paying child support....
A customer opens his wallet at a Macy's cash register on Black Friday in New York

Will your phone be your wallet?

by Michael Fitzgerald on May 1, 2012


The idea of the cell phone wallet is huge. Banks like it. Carriers like it. Consumers? Not so much. ...
Indian activists protest internet usage in New Delhi

State surveillance under watch

by Michael Fitzgerald on April 3, 2012


Leaders in the world's democracies are increasingly citing law and order as a justification to snoop on digital communications and give other intrusive powers to the state. What's democracy without privacy?...

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