| 单词 | unaccountable |
| 例句 | An unaccountable serenity had stolen upon me; I felt the operations of my wits as clean and mechanical, aiming only at that which needed to transpire: the flight at the appointed time across the mud. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When I heard the learn’d astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room / How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a sudden unaccountable desire to run. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It is only in the unaccountable minority, the “cases,” that the line is crossed, and then there is the devil to pay on both sides, but most of all for the meningococci. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterwards whenever I thought of her reaction I smiled happily for some unaccountable reason. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z For some unaccountable reason, all wore black dresses, evidently not realizing how unbecoming black was to dark skins. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The implication is that unless they are closely watched, educators would otherwise be like the children they teach—irresponsible and unaccountable. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It is always a queer shock, part a sudden upwelling of grief, part unaccountable amazement. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “No; some unaccountable one. In short, I believe you have been trying to draw me out—or in; you have been talking nonsense to make me talk nonsense. It is scarcely fair, sir.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I type back: “My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery-always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Depend upon me—but ask no more questions. You will know it all in time. The most unaccountable business! But hush, hush!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Except for an occasional and unaccountable insurgent who chose a restive black, they married “up,” lightening the family complexion and thinning out the family features. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She had an unaccountable urge to see his face, here in this place of his creation, with his eyes open. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z For religious people, including Cuvier himself, the idea raised uncomfortable implications since it suggested an unaccountable casualness on the part of Providence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It is in the abrupt, unaccountable aggregation of random notions, intuitions, known in science as good ideas, that the high points are made. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m fine,” she said, a bit gruff due to an unaccountable ache in her throat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The courier, whom Longstreet did not recognize, saluted, then for some unaccountable reason took off his hat, stood bareheaded in the sun, yellow hair plastered wetly all over his scalp. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Expecting virtual booksellers, hosts and publishers to operate as taste and decency police would introduce unaccountable censorship based on subjective criteria. Why should Amazon be our taste and decency policeman? 2012-06-26T09:56:24Z Her desire to be Native American eventually became an “earnest, unaccountable, persistent, self-obliterating delusion.” Review | ‘The Sentence’ is among Louise Erdrich’s most magical novels 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Here was real power — evangelical, unaccountable — the kind that didn’t need to brag. Buck Ellison’s Great White Society 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Even the slight, prefabricated “Boeing Boeing” — a 1965 film based on a French farce that had flopped on Broadway — takes on an otherwise unaccountable emotional and thematic complexity, thanks to Mr. Lewis’s confounding presence. DVD: Jerry Lewis on DVD, ?Geisha Boy? and ?Boeing Boeing? 2012-02-19T03:43:03Z He'd been warned about the onset of bad weather, and when the storm came his over-rigged and unstable boat was quickly in trouble, but for some unaccountable reason he refused the help of another vessel. Lynn Shepherd's top 10 fictional drownings 2013-03-06T10:30:18Z She admitted that she felt a “nearly unaccountable attraction and hostility to the work of other women writers. Envy, competitiveness, scorn infect my judgment at times.” The Cutting Mind and Romantic Heart of Elizabeth Hardwick 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z As a teen-ager, I had watched nurses restrain his spastic limbs; in college, I discovered a host of unaccountable bruises on his chest and neck after he spent the night at his first group home. Becoming Disabled 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Grant, when asked to account for Love Actually’s enduring popularity, assumes his role as resident cynic and grumbles: “It’s unaccountable.” Behind the scenes of Comic Relief’s Love Actually: Andrew Lincoln’s creepy cards return 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Its distinguishing features included a hazy provenance; an obsequious, uninformative text; a lazily organized catalog of songs; and an unaccountable focus on an unknown performer. Review: ‘Sincerely, Oscar’ Is Some Embarrassing Evening 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z You were a gadfly to the greedy profiteers and the propagandists and the unaccountable. Thank you, Jon Stewart: You had a big stage in a broken world — and you used it to say something important 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z This book, sparked by her alarm at the rapid, unaccountable passage of time, "is an accounting of two years of my life," she writes. 'The Folded Clock' an engaging portrait of a woman's sense of identity 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Why wouldn’t our past presidents agree on shrinking government by transforming a bunch of bloated, ineffective and unaccountable consumer-protection bureaucracies into a smaller, streamlined, and effective agency? Fake Former Presidents Use Comedy for a Cause 2010-03-05T23:12:00Z The chair of the city council's licensing committee attacked the "unelected and unaccountable police force" for countermanding a democratic decision. Why do our paranoid, anti-fun police seem to think they run the country? | George Monbiot 2010-03-29T20:00:00Z That police violence, under state authority, under cover of a badge, often unaccountable, feels singularly threatening. Lonnae O’Neal: It is the police’s turn to talk about the year of bad shootings 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Her wartime denial may simply have been driven by fear, which drives even strong-minded people to otherwise unaccountable thinking. Modern Is Modern Is ... 2011-06-03T20:27:28Z The root of Protestantism, after all, is protest — against arbitrary and unaccountable authority in the name of a higher truth. ‘Women Talking’ Review: The Power of Speech 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z It’s so big, so weird, so unknowable and unaccountable, that it’s “beyond our ken,” and also, possibly, beyond his. The Weird Thoreau 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z All kingpins, he writes, are unaccountable despots whose power stems from an army of volatile young men with big guns. Single-handed 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Certainly, Pialat’s films are lovable and inspiring, but the love that they inspire, for those who watch them with imaginative sympathy, is hard, irresponsible, and unaccountable. The Misunderstood Maurice Pialat 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z “Spencer” is a psychological thriller about a powerful, unaccountable authoritarian cabal conspiring to crush the spirit of an independent-minded rebel. ‘Spencer’ Review: Prisoner of the House of Windsor 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z And thus the sheer terror of unaccountable power is defanged by the instrumentality of humour and the carnivalesque. The N-Word: a volcano kept active by the flickering embers of racism 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z In other words, the show questions the security state, reveals the horrific collateral damage of America's drone programme, and pointedly demonstrates how such unaccountable power can lead to corruption. Homeland is not Islamophobic despite what some critics claim 2012-12-24T00:05:34Z According to their critics, police seem bent on maintaining the status quo — unaccountable to the public, racially insensitive and over-the-top and abusive in their efforts to protect and serve. 'Ghettoside' focuses on one L.A. murder to make case for more policing 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Perhaps most frighteningly, at the intersection of technology, power and capitalism Bezos seemingly answers to no one — certainly not to the people or his workers, making him an unelected, untouchable, unaccountable corporate god of sorts. Jeff Bezos' divorce drama and those awful sexts: Why we can't look away 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z But her book concentrates on the experience of that first absolute loss: unaccountable, nonsensical, non-negotiable loss. The Widow's Tale by Mick Jackson 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z It is also about unaccountable power and the subversion of government. Mucky paps 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z With their eye for the strangeness in the world, the unaccountable in human beings, these films can haunt you. Werner Herzog: 50 years of potent, inspiring, disturbing films 2013-06-01T08:01:00Z The host of perceived sins includes being unprofessional, unaccountable, and sometimes unreadable. Noises off: Chris Wilkinson's final column 2011-08-11T16:04:33Z But television is also a lucrative business controlled by powerful, largely unaccountable tycoons. For Many in Pakistan, a Television Show Goes Too Far 2012-01-27T02:19:30Z Sure, there were the unaccountable tweeds beloved of Italian consumers and American dentists, in this case styled with sweat pant cuffs. 2010-01-20T00:05:00Z So there is not a chance in hell that I can watch harmful behavior happen and be unaccountable. Dominique Morisseau Asks: ‘What Does Freedom Look Like Now?’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z But “Island of Lost Souls” remains an island unto itself: one of those unique, unaccountable objects the cinema produces at widely spaced intervals, as if they had sprung directly from the collective unconscious. DVD: New on Blu-ray: Erle C. Kenton?s ?Island of Lost Souls? 2011-10-22T02:53:02Z Such a question, notes David Bezmozgis in his essay "The Novel in Real Time," once made Philip Roth worry about contemporary fiction, which he feared might be overwhelmed by "our absurd and almost unaccountable reality." Blame and forgiveness in David Bezmozgis' 'The Betrayers' 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z For some unaccountable reason my wife doesn't share my appreciation of Bob Dylan and Tom Waits. Old music: John Martyn ? Sweet Little Mystery 2012-02-10T09:00:00Z Austen’s novels, for example, are littered with dry asides about the inconveniences borne by smart men who, “from some unaccountable bias in favor of beauty,” fetter themselves to trivial women. The Ideal Marriage, According to Novels 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z All of us together seemed to be sharing unaccountable things, our inner lives linked by invisible filaments. Review | Quiet, please. At the Louvre’s ‘Léonard de Vinci’ exhibition, you’re in the presence of genius. 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z And while I still do, I also see the ways this claim helps keep colleges unaccountable. Dark Academia and debt: University thrillers are the literary subgenre of the student loan crisis 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z One of the most unaccountable recent additions to the shopping-mall audio loop is Joni Mitchell’s “River,” which advocates skating away from all the holiday’s appurtenances, including cut-down trees, reindeer and “songs of joy and peace.” Perspective | It’s Christmas. Let the murder begin. 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z The march of time certainly hasn't altered one thing about Hitchens, which is, alas, his unaccountable pleasure in word games of the most puerile variety. The boor's head 2010-05-21T23:03:00Z Thomson, a stylist extraordinaire, has written an unaccountable and irresistible book. Sex and the Cinema: How Hollywood Shaped Desire 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z She notes that the function of religion, in large part, has been to “serve as a safe storage space for the unaccountable and uncanny.” Books of The Times: Barbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Living With a Wild God’ 2014-04-15T13:00:01Z We could sleepwalk into a "dictatorship of data", where the algorithms mining the data for actionable recommendations are inscrutable and unaccountable "black boxes". To Save Everything, Click Here by Evgeny Morozov – review 2013-03-20T08:01:01Z “Thomson, a stylist extraordinaire, has written an unaccountable and irresistible book,” Daphne Merkin wrote in her review. New in Paperback: ‘Spies of No Country’ and ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Perhaps now, sustained moral outrage can overcome the unaccountable institutional powers that have been so impervious to change. Perspective | The brutal video of George Floyd’s death can galvanize a nation. If we stop scrolling. 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Written from Mireille's perspective, "An Untamed State" is an account of what is normally unaccountable: a level of trauma that, even if it is survived, is often too painful to relate. Roxane Gay's 'An Untamed State' gives torture survivor a voice 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z “When it works best, ‘Changeling’ is a feverish and bluntly effective parable of wronged innocence and unaccountable power,” A.O. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Stand Up to Cancer’ and ‘Nora From Queens’ 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z I know how powerless local people feel in the face of smooth-talking, unaccountable bureaucrats. What have Labour done for architecture? 2010-04-21T20:30:00Z The great exemplar is the immediate post-war prime minister, Clement Attlee, whose memory is a silent reproach to our current manipulative, media-obsessed, self-aggrandising and increasingly unaccountable political culture. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z He said he had been persecuted by the bishop of Oxford “in the most unaccountable manner,” barred from officiating for reasons unknown. How a Fake Priest Duped Oxford and a World-Famous Historian 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z His high opinion of the film seems unaccountable - but his explanation turns out to be irreproachable. 'I used to be a raving lunatic' 2010-09-02T20:00:00Z And, in the context of a new distribution channel that is 24 hours, amplified by completely unaccountable information sources in the Internet. An architect of critical race theory: ‘We cannot allow all of the lessons from the civil rights movement forward to be packed up and put away for storage’ 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z On the home front, hysteria compromised civil liberties and fostered a sprawling, intrusive and unaccountable national security apparatus. Goodbye, age of great expectations: We know how America got here, but where does it go now? 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z "This unenforceable public relations document serves absolutely no purpose other than to permit the media to revert to pretending that our unaccountable and unethical Supreme Court retains legitimacy." "Peak gaslighting": Legal scholars shred Supreme Court's spin on new "unenforceable" ethics code 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The family of a 17-year-old who died while working as a Deliveroo rider - despite 18 being the minimum age - say the company is "unaccountable". Children working as riders for food delivery apps - BBC investigation 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Hobbs labelled the vouchers “unaccountable and unsustainable,” noting homeschool parents are being reimbursed for expenses including ski passes and pianos. Parents like private school vouchers so much that demand is exceeding budgets in some states 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z "The filing of this lawsuit is a victory for freedom and self-governance; it marks a crucial rekindling of public authority to check unaccountable private power," Mitchell said. FTC hits Amazon with "one of the most important antitrust cases in US history" 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z But to his critics, Murdoch was an unaccountable, malevolent presence in British life. Hero or villain? Rupert Murdoch’s exit stirs strong feelings in Britain, where he upended the media 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z "Essentially, our experience has told us that anyone can set up an eating disorder clinic and be completely unaccountable for that," she said. Eating disorder psychologist 'made patients sicker' 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z The executive director of Common Cause Ohio, Catherine Turcer, noted that the 1912 constitutional convention that birthed the current amendment provisions sought to check a corrupt and unaccountable government. What’s at Stake in Ohio’s Referendum on Amending the State Constitution 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z At this point, the only thing I actually like about Threads is that it's costing otherwise seemingly unaccountable billionaires lots of money, and provoking them into digital and legal slap-fights for our collective amusement. Meta can suck my data: Why I’m not joining Threads 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z He was tapping into dissatisfaction with an unaccountable system and a detached elite amid Russian losses on the battlefield. Mutiny Provided Glimpse of a Post-Putin Russia. Is the Window Still Open? 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Such advocates are a rare source of help for people facing political charges, or trying to access benefits denied by often unaccountable bureaucracies. Chinese human rights lawyer chased out of 13 homes in 2 months as pressure rises on legal advocates 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z “You cannot take legislative power and delegate it to an unaccountable private body,” DeSantis said. DeSantis sues Biden administration over university accrediting system 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z In a frank political assessment, she told council members that the Taliban regime “remains insular and autocratic,” with “an unaccountable central authority” and an all-male government almost entirely from its Pashtun and rural base. U.N. warns Taliban that restrictions on Afghan women and girls make recognition `nearly impossible’ 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Some critics say that despite a shift in tactics, the tabloids are still unaccountable and as powerful as ever — and they want tougher measures put in place. Prince Harry Takes on Tabloids, but U.K. Media Already Forced to Turn the Page 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z A psychiatric technician at the Department of State Hospitals was cited for nearly 400 hours of unaccountable absences from October 2018 to August 2021, costing about $12,500 in “productive time.” California wasted nearly $300,000 in tax dollars on improper activities in 2022, audit says 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z Which results in the cozy, probably collusive relationships among the insiders that are unaccountable to the public.” Dispute centered around redevelopment of historic Tokyo park, iconic stadiums 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Donald Trump is an unaccountable leader, a dangerous demagogue--and he shouldn't be given a platform to attack democracy. How Trump's CNN town hall answers are a "prosecutor's dream" 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Carlson emerged as an almost unaccountable figure who drew new headaches with conspiracy theory programming that included falsely portraying the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol as possibly orchestrated by the federal government. On Eve of Trial, Discovery of Carlson Texts Set Off Crisis Atop Fox 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Attorneys for the county said the receiver would be “utterly unaccountable” to voters and taxpayers. Residents told to lock doors amid search for jail escapees 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z “And when they do come home, D.C. isn’t notified, and they’re most often placed under federal supervision unaccountable to us locally.” Opinion | 3 ways to honor D.C. autonomy and relieve the federal treasury 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z In a mission statement, those organizing the new campaign said that “an unaccountable, unethical majority on the Supreme Court is behaving as if the rules don’t apply to them.” Progressives Organize Fresh Nationwide Push for Changes at the Supreme Court 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Neither Republicans nor Democrats want to set a precedent that might hamstring the unchecked and unaccountable power of a future president. Yes, Donald Trump has committed many crimes — but that's not why he faces prosecution 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z “Additionally, this new law will hand over that public money to unaccountable, corporate-run private schools.” DeSantis signs bill expanding school voucher program 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z A dangerous demagogue is an unaccountable leader, and Trump will do anything to avoid accountability. Indictment watch, Week 2: A panel of experts on what gruesome damage Trump will wreak next 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Amid congressional hearings and dipping stock valuations, the tech elite have bemoaned the so-called techlash against their industry by those who worry it’s grown too large and unaccountable. Column: Silicon Valley elites are afraid. History says they should be 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z It doesn’t help that most of these efforts are largely unaccountable for results, such as finding people permanent shelter, getting treatment for those suffering from addiction and providing people with education and jobs. Oregon opens the door to universal basic income in WA 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z “The Courage to Be Free” includes such lines as “The failure to robustly wield authority permits the unaccountable leviathan to metastasize.” Opinion | ‘Cocaine Bear’ and ‘The Courage to Be Free’ by Ron DeSantis: A review 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Perhaps even more insidious is a proposal that would make it easy for virtually all state and school employees to become invisible, unidentifiable and unaccountable to the public paying their salary. WA Legislature’s secrecy push undermines accountability, trust and civic knowledge 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z That market currently lacks transparency and uniformity, and the athletes would benefit from legal protections to ward off unqualified, unaccountable and even unscrupulous actors. New NCAA president says NIL rules could protect athletes 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau also perfectly illustrates progressivism’s anti-constitutional aspiration for government both unlimited and unaccountable. Opinion | Why Americans need protection from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z "Until Gov. Ron DeSantis acted, Disney maintained sole control. This amounted to an unaccountable Corporate Kingdom. This is over, and we are beginning a new era of accountability and transparency." Florida governor assumes control over Disney district board 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z What this stark disparity in punishment should make clear is that the national security establishment is secretive, powerful and far too unaccountable, no matter which political party is in the White House. Trump, Pence and Biden won't be punished — but Chelsea Manning and Reality Winner went to prison 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Over a dozen interviews with former Ticketmaster executives, artist managers, economists, lawmakers, antitrust experts, fans and industry insiders, many agreed that Ticketmaster is enormous and largely unaccountable to fans. Everyone hates Ticketmaster. Is everyone wrong? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Some who have found themselves forced to answer uncomfortable questions about their conduct have compared the ethics office to a star chamber, an unaccountable body with little transparency. Opinion | House Republicans shouldn’t neuter the Office of Congressional Ethics 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Right now, Capitol Hill does not control the agency’s purse strings, prompting conservatives to say it is unaccountable to the American people. On Background: How much longer will it take? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z All this helped the city fund its largely failed and unaccountable fight against the “homeless emergency.” Imagining a Seattle if Amazon had never nested here 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Hinds County officials applauded the move to delay work by the receiver, who attorneys for the county said would be “utterly unaccountable” to voters and taxpayers. Appeals court halts federal takeover of Mississippi jail 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z "It is concerning that a vitally important social media company like Twitter appears to be making erratic and unaccountable decisions that affect what we can all see and share online," he said. Twitter blocks users from sharing Mastodon links 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z The next Congress should recognize what is sitting in its lap: a carefully crafted, comprehensive framework to protect data privacy rights after years of inaction have allowed the surveillance economy to grow, unbothered and unaccountable. Opinion | Democrats and Republicans agree on this tech privacy bill. But can it pass? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z This is a problem inherent in dictatorships, where decision-making is closed, hierarchical and unaccountable. Opinion | Enough about democracy’s weaknesses. Let’s talk about its strengths. 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z She added this was because of what she saw as the "unaccountable" way money is used by the government elsewhere on health, education and Covid. Ebola in Uganda: The people spreading misinformation online 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z And beyond the question of undue influence, what if lifetime tenure works too well to sever the court from the public, rendering it both unaccountable and dangerous to the popular foundations of American government? The case for Supreme Court term limits just got better 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Attorneys representing Hinds County wrote that delaying the appointment of the receiver during its appeal “is in the public interest because the Receiver is utterly unaccountable to the voters and taxpayers of Hinds County.” Mississippi county balks at oversight for troubled jail 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Taxpayers, too, as they watched homelessness rise despite millions thrown down an unaccountable hole, while crime rose. Seattle City Council doesn’t lack money; it lacks focus on business 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z “A certain group of Republicans feel that the actions by the public health leadership defied personal liberties, were reckless, were unaccountable. And they want to exact a price for that,” Morrison said. Rand Paul says U.S. botched covid. He could soon lead probes of it. 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z And she called for “reinvesting and supporting our communities, rather than allowing law enforcement to be an unaccountable militarized non-answer” to calls for health care, schools and safety. Fact-checking the Patty Murray, Tiffany Smiley debate for WA Senate 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z We need to drive that vehicle into a zero-carbon future, but also toward other broadly shared goals: an economy with more dignified work for all and less unaccountable power concentrated in a few hands. Power, politics and persuasion: Why Democrats don't win — and how they can fight back 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Critics say the panel’s membership is politically driven and includes unaccountable bureaucrats, political donors and lobbyists. Florida voters asked to scrap one way to amend constitution 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “Florida will not be a state in which elections are left vulnerable or cheaters unaccountable.” G.O.P. Voter Fraud Crackdown Falters as Charges Are Dropped in Florida and Texas 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z “As Republicans have said all along, the CFPB’s ‘double-insulated,’ independent funding mechanism is unconstitutional and makes it wholly unaccountable,” said Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, the top Republican on the Financial Services Committee. Appeals court ruling threatens to unravel Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Rule by unaccountable experts was always constitutionally dubious. Unaccountable bureaucrats, experts interfere with popular sovereignty 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Apparently, Republicans intend to refuse more military aid to Ukraine because — despite the massive unaccountable sums the U.S. spends on its own military — we just can't afford it right now. What will a GOP majority actually do? Almost nothing — but in the worst possible way 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z The CIA is a rogue and unaccountable paramilitary organization with its own armed units and drone program, death squads and a vast archipelago of global black sites where kidnapped victims are tortured and disappeared. Fake justice from the puppet-masters: The persecution of Julian Assange 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Yet he had also managed to create a body of work that embraced all human possibility, ranging from blunt evil and base cynicism to daffy humor and unaccountable generosity and love. Review | In ‘Mr. Wilder and Me,’ Billy Wilder is a character worthy of his films 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Voucher opponents say they drain money from long-underfunded public schools that serve the vast majority of children, sending public money to unaccountable private and religious schools and mainly benefitting the wealthy. Foes of Arizona voucher expansion likely fail to make ballot 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z His administration eschewed the United Nations as an “unelected, unaccountable global bureaucracy.” ‘Multilateral’? Global South’s leaders question solidarity 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z “We’ve got a scenario here in Washington, D.C., where the unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats are calling the shots regardless of the will of the American people,” Mr. Comer said. House Passes Bill to Insulate Federal Workers, Addressing a Trump Threat 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z The lack of transparency has led anti-monarchy groups including Republic to call the monarchy an “unaccountable public institution that has the power, secrecy and influence to willfully abuse its position.” Who inherits the queen’s money? The secretive rules of royal wealth. 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z They have also benefited from $1 billion in government funding in the last four years but are unaccountable to outside oversight. Your Monday Briefing: Ukraine Gains Ground 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z “You can shift the council around, but it doesn’t change the fact that they are handing the keys to an unaccountable council to do fundamental work,” Condie said. California Senate passes bill to protect fast-food workers 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z For some reason unaccountable to a great many people, the jury accepted the view of the defense. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Opponents believe school choice policies weaken the public education system because they can result in public school dollars going to private schools, which are largely unregulated and therefore unaccountable. Texas Republicans are trying to sell school choice measures, but rural conservatives aren’t buying 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Powered by diesel fuel, they belch toxic fumes into the air, experts say, and customers are forced to pay exorbitant prices for the electricity to the unaccountable and often corrupt businessmen who own the machines. Iraq broils in dangerous 120-degree heat as power grid shuts down 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z In Prince George’s County, heedless judges, sluggish bureaucrats and an unaccountable courthouse culture have apparently combined to keep hundreds of inmates behind bars even after they’ve been deemed eligible for release as they await trial. Opinion | As inmates languish, Prince George’s County judges turn a blind eye 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z The lawsuit alleges that judges in Prince George’s have “abdicated their constitutional duty” during bail review hearings by transferring decision-making power about pretrial release to “unaccountable non-judicial county officials” within the corrections department. Judges ordered their release from jail. They weren’t let out, lawsuit says. 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The phrase “unaccountable to a great many people” may suggest that the author does not agree with the jury’s “not guilty” verdict. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Right now, the future is controlled by a small group of extremely wealthy individuals who are almost entirely unaccountable. How Elon Musk sees the future: His bizarre sci-fi vision should concern us all 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Advocates have said such probes are the best method to force broad changes into insular and unaccountable law enforcement agencies. DOJ to probe Md. State Police hiring practices, discrimination reports 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z “Our information ecosystem, safety, and democracy cannot remain at the whim of unaccountable billionaires — whether it’s Elon Musk or anyone else.” As Musk moves to abandon deal, Twitter faces ‘worst case scenario’ 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z “In a nutshell, this bill will siphon upwards of $1 billion from public schools every single year to unaccountable private academies, micro schools and homeschools,” Lewis said. Arizona governor faces universal school vouchers challenge 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z In the months since, “what has resulted is an unaccountable Kafkaesque process that has and continues to inflict grave, irreparable harm on Custodia,” the firm said in its suit. Bill to grant crypto firms access to Federal Reserve alarms experts 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z This would limit the excessive autonomy currently enjoyed by the executive agencies that are the increasingly autonomous, unleashed and unaccountable administrative state. Opinion | The EPA decision is the biggest one of all, and the court got it right 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z To Grande, getting shot was not a surprising outcome for being unaccountable to your debts. Shootings in Seattle are increasing. Shootings connected to homelessness are increasing faster 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z You are now governed by a secretive and unaccountable junta in long black robes, and there are going to be some changes around here. Opinion | It’s not a court. It’s a junta. 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court is too powerful, too unaccountable, and the result is it's become thoroughly corrupted. Jan. 6 committee finally zeroes in on Ginni Thomas — but will the Supreme Court? 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Federal judges are among the most powerful — and unaccountable — people in the United States, ruling on contentious disputes with none of the checks that the political branches of government face. Opinion | What happens when judges misbehave? Not enough. 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z In a statement, State Department spokesman Ned Price said, "We are concerned that many reports suggest that the perpetrators were unaccountable forces from the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group." How the U.S. has struggled to stop the growth of a shadowy Russian private army 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z That puts unaccountable administrative agencies in the crosshairs. Opinion | After Roe, conservative legal tactics will aim for structural reform 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Justice Neil M. Gorsuch led the dissent, in an opinion scolding his colleagues for turning immigration judges into an unaccountable legal behemoth. Supreme Court limits the ability of illegal immigrants to appeal deportation decisions 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z That points to a troubling truth: The justices on the Supreme Court feel wholly unaccountable to the American public. Jan. 6 committee finally zeroes in on Ginni Thomas — but will the Supreme Court? 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z It’s outrageous that five or six people in lifelong unaccountable jobs are about to impose their personal views on the rest of the country. Opinion | Too Much Church in the State 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z These unelected and unaccountable justices are about to put women’s lives on the line. Opinion | Privacy for thee, not for me 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Historically, it has only acceded to democratic demands kicking and screaming, and it has consistently tried to roll back democratic practices and revert power to unaccountable elites. The fall of Roe v. Wade will only embolden the fascists: How will America respond? 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z It is outrageous that five unelected, unaccountable and relatively unknown political operatives masquerading as impartial jurists can so profoundly alter our lives. Opinion | Marilyn Monroe v. Samuel Alito 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court is too powerful, too unaccountable, and the result is it's become thoroughly corrupted. Jan. 6 committee finally zeroes in on Ginni Thomas — but will the Supreme Court? 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z It’s also a little tough to argue that the Supreme Court should be transparent to promote democratic accountability when the institution was designed to be as democratically unaccountable as possible. Commentary: Why not have a Supreme Court that leaks a lot more? 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z What we need to do, then, is look at the laws holding social media unaccountable for the damaging falsehoods spread by users. Opinion | The Disinformation Governance Board is a bad name and a sillier idea 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Oligarchy and democracy are incompatible, and we increasingly live in a world controlled in every important way by unaccountable, irresponsible, avaricious multi-billionaires. Elon Musk, Twitter and the future: His long-term vision is even weirder than you think 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Democrats believe the agency is critical in protecting consumers and in bolstering Biden's agenda to address racial inequity and wealth inequality issues, while Republicans say the agency is too powerful and unaccountable. U.S. consumer watchdog chief to push competition, scrutinize Big Tech 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Our democracy is in crisis and, as this week shows, a big part of the reason is that it's beholden to an unaccountable court. Jan. 6 committee finally zeroes in on Ginni Thomas — but will the Supreme Court? 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z That digital public square is already shaped by social media companies controlled by unaccountable billionaires who make determinations about the limits of free speech on their platforms. Media gets it wrong on Elon Musk and Twitter: The issue is oligarchy, not "free speech" 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z “He was also the primary author of the unconstitutional and unaccountable C.F.P.B. For these and other reasons, I have concerns about his nomination, but I look forward to meeting and discussing these and other matters.” Biden to Nominate Michael Barr as Fed Vice Chair for Supervision 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z “There’s an enormous irony that in doing so he would render himself unaccountable to shareholders and the broader public,” said Rydzak. Elon Musk's paradoxical vision of running Twitter: Less democracy, more freedom 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Macron, she said, was the captive of globalized elites like McKinsey and other highly paid, politically unaccountable consultants. A Reinvented Marine Le Pen Threatens to Upend French Elections 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z State Department said it is concerned that “many reports suggest that the perpetrators were unaccountable forces from the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group,” while other reports say it was Malian forces. 300 killed by Mali’s army and foreigners, says rights group 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Ned Price, a department spokesman, said on Sunday in a statement, “We are concerned that many reports suggest that the perpetrators were unaccountable forces from the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group.” Western Officials Condemn Reports of ‘Massacre’ by Military in Central Mali 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z The Florida Education Association said after the signing that "draining money from public education to fund unaccountable private institutions is a betrayal of the 90 percent of students who are in public schools." Betsy DeVos and her family drop over $280,000 to back Ron DeSantis amid education crackdown 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Supreme Court should not make a justice unaccountable for professional conduct for life. Close the ethics gap at the U.S. Supreme Court 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z In the mid-1990s, massive amounts of capital was allowed to flow upward very quickly, creating a class of essentially unaccountable ultra-rich people who had immense power in society. Marie Yovanovitch on Trump, Putin, Zelenskyy, Ukraine's courage and the future of democracy 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z In August, the Court of Appeal also rebuffed the government, noting that “the days of an unaccountable presidency are long gone” in Kenya. Kenya’s Supreme Court Rejects President’s Plan to Amend Constitution 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z “The judiciary is uniquely insulated from scrutiny, and uniquely unaccountable to the public.” Former judiciary workers urge Congress to protect court employees from discrimination and harassment 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z There’s simply no basis for the claim that the Constitution grants state legislatures this kind of unaccountable power over the conduct of federal elections. Opinion | The Supreme Court Did the Right Thing. I’m Still Worried. 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Maybe now that the right is complaining about unregulated, unaccountable money in politics, the Supreme Court’s conservatives will see the error of their ways. Opinion | Supreme Court confirmations are a farce. Blame the Supreme Court. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z The platforms were motivated primarily by growth and profits, and many were structured to make their leaders unaccountable even to their own boards. The internet is a force multiplier for Ukraine 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z “But the danger of an unaccountable and unchecked autocrat is that he can do whatever he wants.” The global right has lionized Putin. The Ukraine attack leaves many leaders on awkward footing. 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Situations once familiar and sufficient to his plots — broken curfews, lost jobs — are now attached to an unstoppable contagion and its unaccountable losses. Roddy Doyle's hapless Irish men find COVID a formidable foe in his new story collection 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Rep. Michael McCaul, the ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called it an “unaccountable UN slush fund” that has already provided at least $100 million to China. House to vote on bill to boost US computer chip production 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The franchise association also asserted that the measure would place labor regulation in the hands of a council “unaccountable to the Legislature and outside of existing labor regulation.” Column: California has an answer for worker abuse in the fast-food industry 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Those words have made local boards unaccountable to any higher authority and frequently unaccountable to the very parents and students they are intended to serve. Opinion | Youngkin could hardly be off to a worse start 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z It toys with the iceberg-tips of vast data regimes in unaccountable private databases, but it is nonalgorithmic, done by hand in pursuit of one right answer. Your DNA Test Could Send a Relative to Jail 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Accountability in a democracy relies on the wisdom of the people, on elections — not the orders of unaccountable appointed officials. Opinion | Accountability comes through elections 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Fauci added that “the guy should be fired on the spot” but said he doubted that would happen: “He’s going to go, very likely, unaccountable.” Fauci says Fox News host Jesse Watters should be fired for ‘ambush’ and ‘kill shot’ comments 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z With that in mind, to say that most workers are subject to unaccountable “private government” is to make clear the authoritarian character of the American workplace. Opinion | This Is What Happens When Workers Don’t Control Their Own Lives 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z It’s a question that haunts a lot of thoughtful artists these days, and all three of these movies approached it with piercing intelligence and deep, unaccountable grace. The best movies of 2021 — and where to find them 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z "The principal wrongdoers, meanwhile, have not been investigated and have been given time to conceal their activities. They remain unaccountable," she said. Swiss drop money-laundering case involving Spain's former king 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z “The principal wrongdoers, meanwhile, have not been investigated and have been given time to conceal their activities. They remain unaccountable.” Swiss drop case linked to Saudi funds for ex-Spanish king 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z To them and the legal movement they inspired, Roe's judicial supremacy misconceived the Constitution, ignored the lessons of history and encouraged unaccountable government... Republicans' anti-abortion crusade won't stop — even if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z He told us that communities of color have always known that unaccountable policing was a problem. The Police Killings Were Years Ago. New Prosecutors Are Reopening Cases. 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z To them and the legal movement they inspired, Roe’s judicial supremacy misconceived the Constitution, ignored the lessons of history and encouraged unaccountable government. Opinion | Did the conservative legal movement succeed? That all depends on whether the Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade. 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Lyons said the “paralysis of the banking sector will push more of the financial system into unaccountable and unregulated informal money exchanges.” UN envoy: Afghanistan on brink of `humanitarian catastrophe’ 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z What measures will protect citizens from unaccountable power over information, whether it is wielded by private companies or governments? Opinion | You Are the Object of a Secret Extraction Operation 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z They come almost prepackaged as miniseries, with cliffhangers and late-arc reveals and often the unaccountable mojo of “based on a true story.” Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd are comedy masters. Just not in 'The Shrink Next Door' 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z From increasing use of their tests to embracing curriculums that require their textbooks, these policies give massive corporations — completely unaccountable to voters — enormous influence in what our children learn. Opinion | What ‘school board moms’ really want — and why candidates ignore us at their peril 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Republicans have sought to handcuff the agency since its creation, calling it overpowerful and unaccountable. U.S. consumer watchdog lays out ambitious agenda to eye Big Tech, lending competition 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z “They are basically unaccountable to the public,” Toby Nixon, president emeritus of the group, wrote in an email. Workplace complaints surfaced before resignation of Washington Parks director, records show 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z This is an attack on quality British journalism by an unaccountable American tech giant. Novara Media has YouTube channel briefly deleted 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z “Their effect will be to make Big Tech more powerful and unaccountable and to concentrate even more power in the hands of fewer people.” Sen. Hagerty challenges Sanders to oppose ‘unlimited green card’ giveaway in budget bill 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z “It’s still going back to the same unaccountable system that has failed students,” said Carballo, now a youth organizer with the advocacy group Tenants Workers and United. In dramatic 1 a.m. reversal, Alexandria City Council votes to put police back in schools temporarily 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z "Democrats want unaccountable bureaucrats in Washington to run our elections in Florida," he said in a June press release. Marco Rubio wants to go after corporations — but there's a catch 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z They knew each other from their affiliations with the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a think tank whose mission includes working to “expose the dangerous consequences of an unaccountable, overly militarized American foreign policy.” To help U.S. allies flee Afghanistan, these advocates turned to Iran 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Garland’s aides have called consent decrees an important tool to force changes among some of the nation’s most unaccountable law enforcement agencies. Justice Dept. unveils new rules on federal monitors overseeing local police reforms 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z “It has become clear that the unaccountable exploitation and greed driving the climate crisis is also driving violence against land and environmental defenders,” Global Witness said as it published its report. Report: 2020 is deadliest year for `environmental defenders’ 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z One commenter in the group chat called the process “unaccountable, and unscientific.” George Soros Is Making Changes at His Foundation While He Still Can 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Rucho and most recently Brnovich v DNC — have gutted crucial voting protections and allowed Republicans in state after state to build unbreakable circles of unaccountable power, entrenched against any conceivable electoral backlash. The new tyranny in Texas will be America's future — unless Democrats act now 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z But those who manipulate the levers of empire are unaccountable. The graveyard of empires strikes back: But the rage of a dying power can be dreadful 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z We need lawmakers who understand the consequences of an all-powerful, unaccountable bureaucracy and who support reforming the current administrative state. America’s powerful administrative state would be unrecognizable to the Founders 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z I want us to stop and sit with the discomfort of internet powers that are functioning like largely unaccountable state departments. Tech companies’ Afghanistan foreign policy 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z The organizers’ insistence on holding them reinforced a sense that the country’s leaders are unaccountable to the public. Tokyo Was Promised Glory and Riches. It Got an Olympics in a Bubble. 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Activision publicly criticized the agency’s two-year investigation and allegations as “irresponsible behavior from unaccountable state bureaucrats.” Activision, Facing Internal Turmoil, Grapples With #MeToo Reckoning 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z “These documents detailed a secret, unaccountable process for targeting and killing people around the world, including U.S. citizens, through drone strikes,” she said. Ex-Intelligence Analyst Is Sentenced for Leaking to a Reporter 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z “It is this type of irresponsible behavior from unaccountable state bureaucrats that are driving many of the state’s best businesses out of California,” Activision wrote. Activision Blizzard is sued by California over ‘frat boy’ workplace culture 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z It is this type of irresponsible behavior from unaccountable State bureaucrats that are driving many of the State’s best businesses out of California. California sues Activision Blizzard over a culture of ‘constant sexual harassment’ 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z “Pastors help their members keep matters in perspective and avoid Lone Ranger Christianity in which they are unaccountable to fellow believers.” A horn-wearing ‘shaman.’ A cowboy evangelist. For some, the Capitol attack was a kind of Christian revolt. 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z “So, we have this sense,” he said, “of an unaccountable, European, snobbish group of people looking down upon Japan.” ‘They Need to Realize It’s Not All About the Money’ 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Judge Bitar’s efforts to lift the immunity of powerful figures “is going to test the limits of this unaccountable system,” she said. A New Investigator Targets Powerful Officials in Beirut Blast Probe 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z It allows those who are responsible to remain unaccountable, and it disheartens those who seek to do the right thing. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Examples of highly effective — and ineffective — art 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z “I remain deeply concerned these RRT resignations are yet another example of a rogue paramilitary organization that is unaccountable to the elected officials and residents of Portland.” Feds call for peace in Portland after entire police protest unit resigns 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z “As long as Pakistan’s elite continue avoiding reform, Pakistani citizens will be unable to avoid dying at the hands of incompetent and unaccountable public-sector entities,” he said. 2 Trains Collide in Pakistan, Killing at Least 35 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z “They knew it was the wrong moment and a dangerous, unaccountable and limited angle,” Mr. Strangio tweeted after the show aired. ‘60 Minutes’ hit with backlash from LGBTQ advocates for detransition report 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z And Apple now exerts unilateral, essentially unaccountable control over critical communications infrastructures, by its complete control of the operating system for its smartphones and other devices. Shoshana Zuboff Explains Why You Should Care About Privacy 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z And if we could start to have procedures around some of this stuff, then once we apply the substantive rules, they won’t seem so arbitrary and capricious and these companies won’t seem so unaccountable. Facebook’s Oversight Board has upheld Trump’s ban — what’s next? 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z When the Justice Department in 2012 began investigating Albuquerque police, it found a department unaccountable to the city it served. When communities try to hold police accountable, law enforcement fights back But Save Face, the UK's register of accredited practitioners, says that means those without health qualifications are "unaccountable" and therefore "can't be struck off" by a statutory regulator. Lockdown lip fillers gone wrong: 'My lips went black' 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z He said that the last commission was packed with unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats, political donors and lobbyists. Florida Senate seeks to end Constitution Revision Commission 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z “Clearly, we are experiencing a police state in Maine, unaccountable to the rule of civilian law.” Lawmaker doubts review of award to cop accused of profiling 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z For Mr Berns, "they" are an impediment to a future without risk-averse politicians who stifle innovation, or unaccountable tech firms that harvest our data for profit. Nevada smart city: A millionaire’s plan to create a local government 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Kerr is a proponent of the program, while Underly supports freezing enrollment, calling the program unaccountable and too expensive. Wisconsin superintendent candidates spar over campaign ad 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Republican lawmakers largely regard the agency as too powerful and unaccountable. Exclusive: New Biden economic hires point toward infrastructure, manufacturing emphasis 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Mrs. Capito warned of an “unelected and unaccountable bureaucrat” pushing policies that proved unpopular in the past, which she said included Ms. McCarthy. Republicans use Biden climate czar Gina McCarthy as ammo against other enviro nominees 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z But President Biden is seeking to eclipse that office with an unaccountable deputy national security adviser inside the National Security Council answerable to the president alone and shielded from congressional or public scrutiny. Opinion | No end runs around security 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z “He shined attention onto this bloated national security apparatus that is unaccountable.” Watchdog reviews complaint about FBI surveillance warrant 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z These companies have massive and largely unaccountable power. Twitter vs. India 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z We can either engage in collective amnesia about what we have just lived through, and leave an unaccountable government in place, or we can rise to meet this moment by fixing the broken social compact. Opinion | Stacey Abrams: Our democracy faced a near-death experience. Here’s how to revive it. 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Nontransparent and unaccountable collection of our personal information chills free speech and free association, undermines press freedom, threatens the free exercise of religion and harms our collective privacy. Con: The People’s Privacy Act, not the Washington Privacy Act, is the better bill to protect consumers’ civil rights and civil liberties 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Young entrepreneurs without any democratic mandate landed a windfall of infinite information and unaccountable power. Opinion | The Coup We Are Not Talking About 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z “We firmly believe that the national security and surveillance powers of the US government are already too broad, undefined, and unaccountable to the people.” Biden to sign new executive orders on his racial equity agenda– live updates 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z But the protest movement charges that monarchy is unaccountable and wields too much power is what is supposed to a democratic constitutional monarchy. Popular Thai politician charged with defaming monarchy 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z In its section on early 20th-century “Progressivism,” it describes the rise of the regulatory bureaucracy, a kind of unaccountable “shadow government” that the report characterizes as a betrayal of the founding principles. The Ideas Behind Trump’s 1776 Commission Report 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z The protesters have said the institution is unaccountable and holds too much power in what is supposed to be a democratic constitutional monarchy. Thai court gives record 43-year sentence for insulting king 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z In his interview Friday, Chansley described a world run by dark, unaccountable forces and wove together historical facts with hoary conspiracy theories that have been repeatedly debunked. Trump supporter in horns and fur is charged in Capitol riot 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z To dismiss these revelatory, human stories as fusty relics would be merciless — and unaccountable. Review: Still decorous and still scathing: Shirley Hazzard's timeless tales collected 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z “Such last-minute changes by largely unaccountable bodies, too,” he wrote, “invite confusion, risk altering election outcomes, and in the process threaten voter confidence in the results.” Supreme Court Allows Longer Deadlines for Absentee Ballots in Pennsylvania and North Carolina 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z “Last-minute changes by largely unaccountable bodies . . . invite confusion, risk altering election outcomes, and in the process threaten voter confidence in the results,” he wrote. Democrats in Pennsylvania, North Carolina claim key wins at Supreme Court ahead of election 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z “Such last-minute changes by largely unaccountable bodies, too, invite confusion, risk altering election outcomes, and in the process threaten voter confidence in the results,” Justice Gorsuch wrote. Supreme Court denies fast track for North Carolina election law dispute 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z “Our Founding Fathers never envisioned a massive unelected, unaccountable federal government with the power to create policies that impact Americans’ everyday lives,” Rep. James R. Comer, R-Ky., said in a statement. Trump issues order giving him more leeway to hire and fire federal workers 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z This isn't nationalization, putting it into the hands of unaccountable bureaucrats. Noam Chomsky: "If you don't push the lever for the Democrats, you are assisting Trump" 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z These dissidents view the monarchy in its current form as opaque and unaccountable. Apprehensive Thais await major political rally in Bangkok 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Owners will protect their freedom to be unaccountable. Perspective | The last, best scapegoat for Daniel Snyder is himself 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty’s deputy regional director, criticized Sarraj’s government for not reining in abusive, unaccountable militias and armed groups” and instead “relying on them for security, law enforcement and fighting its rivals.” Rights group urges release of abducted Libyan protesters 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z The comments were made during interviews for a book to be published on Thursday which investigates how unaccountable money, lobbying and data has reshaped British politics. Steve Bannon hails Dominic Cummings and predicts lurch to right for No 10 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z But he can’t keep his bosses from standing as unaccountable menaces to societal change, not unless he is willing to play the game with more force and coldblooded conviction. Perspective | Roger Goodell is trying to reshape his legacy. Will NFL owners allow him to succeed? 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z They called Filler-Corn’s action an “arrogant and unaccountable” effort to “dismantle, destroy, and conceal objects that recall the history of Virginia.” Confederate memorials quietly removed from Virginia Capitol overnight 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z They have proved poorly disciplined, overly aggressive and unaccountable — and the president’s conservative allies, who in other circumstances love to warn of government overreach, have cheered. Opinion | Trump’s deployment of federal agents in cities has everything to do with his reelection 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z His supporters say he is being hamstrung by unaccountable bureaucrats and judges and hostile coalition partners. Israel’s Netanyahu was a pandemic hero — until a second wave plunged him into crisis 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z For many, he is just another unaccountable Columbus, a symbol of all the horrors inflicted on indigenous peoples since the onset of Spanish colonization 250 years ago. Op-Ed: Serra's fall may further 'whiten' America's already too-white history 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Much as unaccountable police in riot gear are a danger to our communities, so too an unaccountable military, armed to the teeth and functioning largely in secret, is a danger to the world. 10 reasons why defunding police should lead to defunding America's war machine 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Attention is turning to the measures that, for example, routinely allow unaccountable arbitrators to make departments take back officers they've fired for misconduct. State violence, a crisis of legitimacy, and the path to true public safety 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Pack appears intent on gutting U.S. foreign broadcasting while remaining unaccountable to anyone but Mr. Trump. Opinion | Failing to renew VOA foreign staffers’ visas would devastate one of its core functions 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Office of Police Complaints can’t review complaints against outside police forces, leaving these officers almost unaccountable. Opinion | The future of policing must be rooted in local communities 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z If we want to stop unaccountable leaders like Trump, then we have to remake society according to what Lerner calls the "majority principle." The secret of his success: Donald Trump's six weird tricks for authoritarian rule 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z "Today’s decision, authored by Chief Justice Roberts, reminds us that granting executive power to an unelected, unaccountable bureaucrat is anathema to our system of checks and balances." Supreme Court rules CFPB head can be fired for any reason, in blow to agency created under Obama 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z The fact that those officers continue on the force — unprosecuted, unpunished and, to all appearances, unaccountable — is yet another symptom of the systemic sickness in American policing and justice. Opinion | Elijah McClain’s death is an unspeakable outrage 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z “I will push for changes to a disciplinary process that allows unaccountable arbitrators to reverse termination decisions of the chief, and I will further push for independent investigation of all racially discriminatory conduct,” he said. 4 California officers on leave amid probe of racist posts 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z In his first bid for elected office in 2014, Walters focused on ending the Democratic monopoly in Annapolis, which he said created a “stagnant economy, 80 new taxes, poor job opportunity and unaccountable spending.” Co-founder of ReOpen Maryland says he has tested positive for coronavirus 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Obviously, an unaccountable leader is dangerous in any political community. A field guide to Trump’s dangerous rhetoric 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Constitution’s separation of powers since it is an independent agency headed by a single director unaccountable to the president. Major cases still pending at Supreme Court, term could spill into July 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z A large, unaccountable group of primarily men, empowered to commit violence to maintain existing hierarchies of power, is not going to end the scourge of sexual violence against women. 'Who will protect you from rape without police?' Here's my answer to that question | Moira Donegan 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z One advantage is that a simple, transparent and automatic procedure appears more objective than the rulings of a committee of unelected, unaccountable academic economists. The US is officially in recession thanks to the coronavirus crisis | Jeffrey Frankel 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z "This is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable, political institution masquerading as a legal body," he said at the time. US targets 'kangaroo court' over war crimes probe 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Police departments remain largely unaccountable to the forces of democracy. Why Black Lives Matter was the perfect vehicle to harness a nation's anger toward Donald Trump 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z There is an opportunity to recast our approach to public sculpture, to transform the current hit-and-miss, generally unaccountable system, into a mould-breaking, country-spanning, new national Museum of Art in the Public Realm. Why we need a say over public statues 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Unfettered and unaccountable police power is deeply woven into the fabric of America, and it won’t go away quickly or easily. Perspective | Police killing black people is a pandemic, too 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Sen. Bernie Sanders is urging the Democratic leadership to embrace a slate of specific policy proposals aimed at mitigating the intertwined crises of systemic racism and unaccountable brutality by law enforcement. Bernie Sanders calls on Democrats to embrace 8-point plan to end police brutality 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z That can tell officers they are unaccountable and make them believe, “You didn’t do anything wrong, we beat them,” he said. Police keep using force against peaceful protesters, prompting sustained criticism about tactics and training 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z The report also found there was an "unaccountable" group of advisers around Ms Swinson who were at "arm's length from the resources of the party machine". Lib Dem election campaign 'a high-speed car crash' 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Swift action is necessary to curb the damage to the general public and to our economy, but swift action does not mean unaccountable action. Opinion | Looking for leadership amid the coronavirus pandemic 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z Ultimately, the skeptics failed, and the bailouts ended up shifting power and wealth to an unaccountable elite class. The coronavirus relief bill could turn into a corporate coup if we aren't careful | Matt Stoller 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z Would Wisconsin's unaccountable legislature monkey with the state's electors? This is how Trump steals the election 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z “This is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable political institution masquerading as a legal body,” Pompeo said during a news conference shortly after the ruling. What is the ICC and how does it function? 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z This argument links two wings of modern conservatism: social traditionalists who resist redistributions of cultural and political power, and populists who resent the growth of unaccountable elites in government and business. Review | Blaming all of America’s problems on the civil rights movement 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaking to reporters in Washington, called the ruling a “truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable, political institution masquerading as a legal body.” I.C.C. Allows Afghanistan War Crimes Inquiry to Proceed, Angering U.S. 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z “This is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable political institution masquerading as a legal body,” he said. International Criminal Court gives green light to investigate US for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Pompeo’s called Thursday’s development a “truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable political institution masquerading as a legal body.” Pompeo slams ICC plan to probe U.S. officials for war crimes 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Critics of the agency say it has too much unaccountable power and hamstrings the president appointment power. Divided Supreme Court takes on executive power and limits of independent federal agency authority 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z For this year’s budget, officials announced a contribution of $2 billion from the military, but diplomats saw the offer as proof of unaccountable economic power. Sudan stumbles through transition without fresh donor help 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z "It shouldn't be pointed at me, it ought to be pointed at those uncontrolled, unaccountable lawless prosecutors who did this to me. I broke no laws, I crossed no lines." Rod Blagojevich maintains innocence, slams 'shakedown artist' prosecutors who imprisoned him, pursued Trump 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z “It reinforces the view that the ICC judges are not careful technocrats, but rather politicized, unaccountable, anti-American partisans corrupting international platforms to pursue their own dubious agendas.” International Criminal Court gives green light to investigate US for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The military is essentially unaccountable to civilian authority, with its own courts, and an expanding budget that remains largely beyond public scrutiny. Thailand grapples with first mass shooting 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Police Commander Mark McEwan downplayed concerns about the machines being unaccountable. London police deploy face scan tech, stirring privacy fears 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Federal Election Commission against prohibitions on independent political expenditures by corporations, it opened American elections to billions in unaccountable spending. Opinion | The Republican Party Has Embraced Its Worst Self 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z “There has been a growing frustration from many quarters about the opaque, unaccountable and undemocratic processes by which these decisions are made,” said Marion Smith, the group’s chairman. Critics aghast at proposal to make classical America's 'default' architectural style 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z It took time to learn how to be critical without being cranky and offer creative solutions to decades of short-sighted, reactive decision-making by a relatively unaccountable leadership. Sometimes we can make our own hope 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Donald Trump has been a fierce proponent of an unaccountable imperial presidency since before he took office. Donald Trump will be "acquitted" — and his quest to become emperor moves on 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z He added: “I really admire what she is doing. A lone woman holding the unaccountable accountable. She has no budget, no office, nothing. And look at how Saudi Arabia fears her.” Agnes Callamard: unflinching UN official taking on Saudi crown prince 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z “This case really highlights the threats that are posed by a lawless and unaccountable private surveillance industry,” said David Kaye, the United Nations special rapporteur who was a co-author of Wednesday’s statement. How Jeff Bezos’ iPhone X Was Hacked 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z For example, the fiscal control board is viewed in Puerto Rico as unaccountable to the people. Trump Attaches Severe Restrictions to Puerto Rico’s Long-Delayed Disaster Aid 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z In their view, independent prosecutors were nothing more than unaccountable, costly political weapons, which Democrats used to smear Republican Administrations. William Barr, Trump’s Sword and Shield 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Citizens United enables unaccountable dark money to flood our political system, disproportionately filling Republican coffers. John Roberts' New Year's message rings hollow — because the chief justice is a partisan hack 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The broader point is that leaders rely to a surprising degree on the advice of often unelected, unaccountable, and sometimes shady individuals who may decisively shape their ideas and direct their actions. The power behind the thrones: 10 political movers and shakers who will shape 2020 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z In this city historically known for prosperity and order, protesters say that acts of vandalism and resistance are now justified because the police have become an unaccountable occupying force. Hong Kong's police were once revered. Now an ex-cop says they’re a blunt tool of Chinese control 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z She wrote that Israel’s “feverish efforts to perpetuate impunity and remain unaccountable will fail.” Hague Prosecutor Ready to Investigate Israel, if Assured of Jurisdiction 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Their real dismay is not ecological but that President Trump will not fill the coffers of an unaccountable U.N. agency with about $1 billion U.S. taxpayer dollars a year. Opinion | The many drivers of pollution and climate change 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z We may be accidents of matter and energy, but we can’t help circling back to the sense of a meaning that is unaccountable by the application of what we know. The Art of Dying 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z “You get unaccountable militias that prey on the population.” U.S. military trainers describe Afghan security forces as incompetent, unmotivated and rife with deserters 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The focus is on ditching what they see as unpopular ideas foisted on an unwilling population by an unaccountable elite. The story of 'Mr Brexit' 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z The businesses they own are unaccountable, their funding is untraceable and, through a combination of fear and corruption, there is almost no oversight. ‘I've seen death in this city, but nothing as sad as this’: how a ferry disaster exposed the corruption devastating Iraq 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The report describes this as “the act of a president who viewed himself as unaccountable and determined to use his vast official powers to secure his reelection.” Opinion | Three big takeaways from the Democrats’ damning new impeachment report 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Today Mr. Trump’s unaccountable style of governing reflects his Attorney General William Barr’s doctrine of unitary executive power, oblivious to the checks and balances and separation of powers in the Constitution. Opinion | Donald Trump, Meet Your Precursor 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z That does not include unaccountable per diem expense payments and CEO-level compensation packages including golden parachute pensions and health benefits. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z He added that “too many charter schools are unaccountable and contributing to privatization.” Minority Voters Chafe as Democratic Candidates Abandon Charter Schools 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z It is time for a genuine campaign to end unaccountable surveillance. The surveillance industry is assisting state suppression. It must be stopped | David Kaye 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z This is ideological imperialism — six unelected individuals in Silicon Valley imposing their vision on the rest of the world, unaccountable to any government and acting like they’re above the reach of law. Sacha Baron Cohen is the latest powerful voice to misunderstand Section 230 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Protesters quickly expanded their demands to include a removal of leaders seen as unaccountable and corrupt. Iran stages pro-government rallies after days of violent unrest 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z This is ideological imperialism – six unelected individuals in Silicon Valley imposing their vision on the rest of the world, unaccountable to any government and acting like they’re above the reach of law. Read Sacha Baron Cohen's scathing attack on Facebook in full: 'greatest propaganda machine in history' | Sacha Baron Cohen 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Pity the voters, bombarded with social media posts, news accounts and advertising from all kinds of faceless and unaccountable sources. Opinion | Big campaign donors have exploited a loophole. Congress must change the law. 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z “Now it is time to reclaim this vital public space for everyone rather than a few powerful unaccountable companies in Silicon Valley” said Naidoo. Facebook and Google surveillance is an ‘assault on privacy,’ says Amnesty International 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z He denounced electronic voting as unaccountable and spoke ominously of voting by noncitizens and dead people — “multiple times even.” In Kentucky, a Governor Who Picked Fights Loses a Big One 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z “These tools will be used for all kinds of unaccountable espionage. The temptation for abuse is just too great.” Spyware Maker NSO Promises Reform but Keeps Snooping 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z But for the official bureaucracies whose job it is to communicate with foreign governments, Capitol Ministries can come off as an unaccountable competitor. How the Trump Cabinet’s Bible Teacher Became a Shadow Diplomat 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z They also believe their records of nonpartisan service will contrast well in the eyes of the public with Trump’s attacks on a “deep state” of unaccountable bureaucrats who he claims are seeking to undermine him. Democrats pivot from private inquiry of Trump to public case for impeachment 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z Alexa characterizes the dissidents’ tactics as defensive actions against an unaccountable police force intent on inflicting physical harm on her and her friends. ‘I will die with the city’: A young woman’s chilling message from Hong Kong’s front lines 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Weiser said the decision threatens to put presidential elections “in the hands of a few unaccountable presidential electors.” Colorado appeals ruling on presidential electors 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Facebook is big and its CEO is unaccountable to any electorate, and so I would rather the company not referee political speech. Why Facebook doesn’t follow the First Amendment 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z His acts exemplify the scenario the Framers feared when they contemplated a corrupt president using executive power to keep himself in office, unaccountable to the people who elected him. Impeachment and emotional whiplash: Can Americans rise up in hope and courage? 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z There, you live in something of a “dictatorship, in which bosses govern in ways that are largely unaccountable to those who are governed,” as philosopher Elizabeth Anderson puts it. What Amazon, Walmart employees risk when they use the workplace for activism 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Eyman labels it a “rogue” group unaccountable to the public — despite repeated votes from the public that lives in its taxing district, calling for the group to keep on doing what it’s doing. ‘Debating my entire lifetime’: I-976 marks Seattle area’s 8th vote on light rail in 24 years 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z That has hardly made Britain immune to populism, and indeed may have aggravated suspicion of elites as distant and unaccountable. U.K. Democracy, Tested by Brexit and Boris Johnson, Holds for Now 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z I think that’s basically right, though it doesn’t really address my larger concern, which is the giant unaccountable corporation refereeing what politicians can say. Why Facebook doesn’t follow the First Amendment 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Obviously, no one benefits from an unstable leader making ridiculous decisions, but our system of government isn’t supposed to function by way of un-elected and unaccountable aides circumventing and undermining a mad president. One year after the anonymous op-ed from a senior Trump admin official 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The actual policymaking authority would fall to a governing board made up of “experts” who are appointed rather than elected — leaving them unaccountable to taxpayers. Elected leaders — not more government — must make tough choices on region’s homelessness crisis 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z All of my attention is collected into a single focal point, kept there by fascination and genuine, almost unaccountable interest. Opinion | Can We Slow Down Time in the Age of TikTok? 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Big tech’s reach permeates every aspect of our lives, all the while remaining invisible and unaccountable. Opinion | Yes, Google is disrupting our democracy. But not in the way Trump thinks. 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z We should not leave such a sweeping, unaccountable power in the hands of our spy agencies.” Trump Administration Asks Congress to Reauthorize N.S.A.’s Deactivated Call Records Program 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z When so much power and money ends up in the hands of relatively small, insular and largely unaccountable organizations they certainly have more latitude to operate. NRA crackup widens way for background check bill 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z She bluntly called President Donald Trump “racist” and said his administration is “unaccountable and lawless.” Follow live on night 2 of Democratic presidential debates: Can Jay Inslee make an impact? 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z This introduces an unknown and perhaps unaccountable process between a person’s thoughts and the technology that is acting on their behalf. The ethics of brain–computer interfaces 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Due to the Supreme Court’s evisceration of campaign finance law, unlimited and unaccountable dark money floods our politics. How far will Republicans go to destroy democracy? And can they still be stopped? 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z “Vague statutes threaten to hand responsibility for defining crimes to relatively unaccountable police, prosecutors and judges,” Gorsuch said in United States vs. Supreme Court with Roberts in charge: conservative, but not always predictable 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z “Consideration of the impact of today’s ruling on democratic principles cannot ignore the effect of the unelected and politically unaccountable branch of the federal government assuming such an extraordinary and unprecedented role,” Roberts wrote. Supreme Court says federal courts don’t have a role in deciding partisan gerrymandering claims 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z "Consideration of the impact of today’s ruling on democratic principles cannot ignore the effect of the unelected and politically unaccountable branch of the federal government assuming such an extraordinary and unprecedented role." Supreme Court says federal judges do not have license to stop gerrymandering 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z I started wandering the perimeter, and caught an unaccountable thrill at the sight of Jamie Newman looking as restless as I was, dressed in a T-shirt that said “Prodigy,” the family brand. The Brooklyn Startup Helping High-School Athletes Go Viral 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z It is ironic Facebook is moving into cryptocurrency, which is supposed to operate without a centralized authority, precisely to prevent an unaccountable administrator from holding power over users. Facebook cryptocurrency: dawn of the corporation-government | Ethan Lou 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z This will be a boon to those who seek to gain unaccountable power, and a curse to freedom, which depends on transparency and an informed electorate. Editorials from around New England 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z "The new operations in Rakhine state show an unrepentant, unreformed and unaccountable military terrorising civilians and committing widespread violations as a deliberate tactic." Myanmar accused of fresh war crimes 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z For some unaccountable reason, the filmmakers seem to overlook that these plays are comedies. The botched new ‘Catch-22’ adaptation reminds us that some novels are unfilmable 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z But as the president threatened months ago, nothing gets done if he isn’t left unaccountable. Trump's infrastructure tantrum backfires immediately — and Senate Republicans know it 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Miller said for too long, top-down, unaccountable school takeovers have failed to provide struggling schools with the support they need. Editorials from around Ohio 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Barr made an argument for expansive and largely unaccountable executive authority. Opinion | In Barr, Trump has found someone who licks his boots out of principle 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Inside an algorithmic black box, societal biases are rendered invisible and unaccountable. Don’t let industry write the rules for AI 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Until the Legislature opens up the door a crack, to allow for public oversight, the department will remain wholly unaccountable. Editorials from around New England 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Likewise, the Congress in Washington has turned over much of its power to unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats housed within the executive branch. An excerpt from 'Our Lost Declaration' 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z If market riptides and government pressures turn colleges into career-networking centers for strivers unaccountable to any civic community or moral code, liberal education will become a game of money, power and public relations. Resistance can't be tweeted: Social and political change is built on reading 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Republicans have argued since its creation that the agency was given too much power and was unaccountable. Exclusive: New U.S. consumer watchdog chief to continue review of... 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z In general, she brawls and then relies on the judges to name her the winner; this strategy can be ugly, and, given the occasionally unaccountable behavior of boxing judges, it may one day prove disastrous. Claressa Shields Tries to Draw a Crowd to Women’s Boxing 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z “Almost everyone we interviewed felt politicians were remote and unaccountable.” A pop-up studio captures Londoners in Brexit's troubled age 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z “They’re unleashing a very powerful, unaccountable, potentially harmful technology to help other companies make decisions about us.” Equifax and FICO are getting into bed together. ‘This should keep everyone up at night’ 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z The erratic, unaccountable star felt empowered to vandalize a teammate’s car, put excrement in a teammate’s shoes and bring guns into the locker room to challenge another teammate. Ernie Grunfeld enabled Wizards’ toxic culture 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z “I do see an emerging frustration with the technology sector that is about unfettered power. But also connects to the notion of large corporations, unaccountable to the people – just as people felt about Wall Street.” Why the populist wave is setting the tone for Democratic candidates 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Pope Francis has singled out clericalism as a key cause of the crisis, saying there is a toxic and un-Christian culture of ministerial superiority in Catholicism that allowed and allows clerics to be unaccountable. What caused the clergy sex abuse crisis? Catholic universities are pushing for debate on the answer. 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z DeLauro dismissed the idea as a “tax scheme” and an “unregulated, unaccountable” effort to fund private school vouchers. DeVos defends billions in education-spending cuts to skeptical House Democrats 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z “This may be the first time in history where a company literally controlled by one person appears to be unaccountable to anyone anywhere on Earth,” says Kint. Cambridge Analytica a year on: ‘a lesson in institutional failure’ 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z In fact, processes seem more opaque and unaccountable than ever. Seattle is failing at engaging neighborhoods 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z I also became alarmingly familiar with the inner workings of cable news: the barely controlled chaos, the unpredictable talent, the unaccountable bosses, the downtrodden producers, the desperate politicians, and the passionate fans. Don't let its success fool you: Fox News is a mess 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The Democratic majority swept the GOP motion aside, signaling the end to an unaccountable Trump presidency. Opinion | Michael Cohen just breached Trump’s GOP stone wall 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z The World Cup ID system was criticized by some Russian fans for being opaque and unaccountable. Russians to need government-issued ID cards to buy tickets 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Kavanaugh cited one of Rao’s law review articles in his 2016 opinion finding the structure of the government’s consumer watchdog agency unconstitutional because it gives too much executive control to a “single, unaccountable, unchecked director.” Two years in, Trump’s appeals court confirmations at a historic high point 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z “I’m just trying to bring attention to unaccountable power.” Oregon state senator criticized for linking man’s death to tobacco taxes 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Armoured vehicles, mortars and machine-guns are being diverted illegally to unaccountable groups accused of war crimes, according to a report. UAE 'recklessly arming Yemen militias' 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z That report went on to mention “a general unease among partners about how opaque and unaccountable much of the arrangement is—both within the partnership and to outsiders.” Snopes says nope to Facebook’s money and leaves fact-checking program 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z As troubling as Barr’s misguided and clumsy attempt to rewrite history is his broader effort to elevate the president into a kind of unaccountable monarch. Opinion | I was in Congress during Nixon’s impeachment proceedings. William Barr is wrong. 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Charter schools are effective in taking accountability away from parents and citizens and transferring it to unaccountable private interests, which is why billionaire technocrats and conservatives adore them. L.A. teachers' strike throws a wrench in administrators' dreams of privatization 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z “The discussion shifted from cigarette taxes and unaccountable state power to ‘Dennis is a racist,’ which is not true,” he said. Oregon state senator criticized for linking man’s death to tobacco taxes 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Why do the “least of these” keep catching hell while the richest and most powerful slide through life unaccosted and unaccountable, leaving God knows what in their wake? How the Idea of Hell Has Shaped the Way We Think 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z TAMWORTH, England—Angus Dobson said he is prepared for the British economy to slump if it means breaking decisively with the European Union, an institution he views as distant, interfering and unaccountable to voters. Britons Most at Risk in a Messy Split From EU Are Least Worried 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z But he felt so confident that his views were in sync with Mr. Trump’s that he went ahead and called the court “ineffective, unaccountable, and indeed, outright dangerous.” Bolton Walked Back Syria Statement. His Disdain for Debate Helped Produce It. 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z A Newtonian model of motion had worked beautifully for a long time, but then people noticed bits of unaccountable data, and relativity emerged as a stronger theory. The Philosopher Redefining Equality 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Of course, as a for-profit, unaccountable corporation, Facebook can do as it pleases, with no regard for the hundreds of journalists suddenly out of a job. Why "platforms" like Tumblr are a totalitarian threat 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z For instance: A flood of unaccountable “dark money” supplies much of the information voters encounter regarding their candidates during election season. Opinion | American elections were unfair long before Russian interference 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z The report by the Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology says the fire was an example of “excessive, unaccountable, budget busting” efforts to suppress fire at all costs. Report rips costly decisions in California wildfire fight 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z “And we will no longer support unproductive, unsuccessful and unaccountable U.N. peacekeeping missions.” Unveiling new Africa strategy, U.S. blasts 'predatory' practices of China, Russia 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The Trump administration has unveiled a new Africa policy focused on combating the “predatory” practices of China and Russia, and ending what it calls “indiscriminate assistance” and “unproductive, unsuccessful and unaccountable” UN peacekeeping missions. US unveils new Africa policy to counter 'predatory' Russia and China 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z But it left him unaccountable to a corporate culture that looked the other way. Essential California: Allegations didn't stop Pasadena obstetrician from practicing 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Nor is he talking of the advance of a benign European-style public sector: the Chinese state is the most unaccountable and repressive on Earth, to be buttressed by Chinese trade, military and foreign policy. The dramatic arrest that threatens to ramp up trade tensions between the US and China | Will Hutton 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z We know the basic script: despite the digital utopia we were promised, our lives are now dominated by a tiny number of omniscient, greedy and essentially unaccountable tech companies. Forget Zuckerberg: the tech giants don’t have to own the future | John Harris 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z So let’s rein in the unaccountable “dark money” unleashed by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Opinion | The Democratic majority’s first order of business: Restore democracy 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z “Migration should not be governed by an international body unaccountable to our own citizens,” he added. US leading the charge in pushing back against UN’s migration agenda 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z When viewed as a whole, they form a disturbing composite picture of a country in the grip of an unaccountable modern-day mogul wielding limitless power. The Chinese export we really should be worried about: repression | Simon Tisdall 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z “They also put unaccountable corporations in charge of administering key functions of our legal system.” Diversion programs say they offer a path away from court, but critics say the tolls are hefty 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z It reinforced criticism from the left — by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, among others — that Amazon, Facebook and Google are unaccountable monopolies, digital analogues to the railroad trusts of the Gilded Age. Facebook Fallout Ruptures Democrats’ Longtime Alliance With Silicon Valley 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Ultimately, when there’s unaccountable power in the United States, there’s a constitutional revulsion. Facebook has a growing morale problem 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z We have forgotten that antitrust law had more than an economic goal, that it was meant fundamentally as a kind of constitutional safeguard, a check against the political dangers of unaccountable private power. Opinion | Be Afraid of Economic ‘Bigness.’ Be Very Afraid. 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z He is most effective when unaffiliated and unaccountable, disavowed by politicians and commentators who echo his views but wish to look respectable. Tommy Robinson and the far right’s new playbook 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Climate change is a crisis needing an aggressive, coordinated response, not expensive and unaccountable spending measures like Initiative 1631. The Seattle Times recommends: No on Initiative 1631 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z “I was compelled to resign my position on August 31, 2018, in the wake of a pattern of unethical and unaccountable decision making from company leadership,” Poulson wrote in his letter of resignation. Google CEO says it’s ‘important for us to explore’ search in China 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z David Wise, a journalist and author who became one of the country’s foremost authorities on espionage, writing books on the CIA, turncoat spies and whether intelligence agencies had become an unaccountable “invisible government,” died Oct. David Wise, author and CIA expert who exposed ‘invisible government,’ dies at 88 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z But Prince also sparked what Ghani, in a statement Thursday, condemned as “a debate” within the country over “adding new foreign and unaccountable elements to our fight.” Erik Prince, in Kabul, pushes privatization of the Afghan war 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z “The ICC claims near-universal jurisdiction over the citizens of every country, violating all principles of justice, fairness, and due process. We will never surrender America’s sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable, global bureaucracy.” UN court sides with Iran, orders US to ease some sanctions 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z “We will never surrender America’s sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable, global bureaucracy,” the U.S. president said. Trump dominated UN, but US nationalism at odds with world 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z He added, pointedly: “We will never surrender America’s sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable global bureaucracy.” ‘United’ or ‘Nations’? Balance is UN’s existential question 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z He added, pointedly: "We will never surrender America's sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable global bureaucracy." 'United' or 'Nations'? Balance is UN's existential question 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z “We will never surrender America’s sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable body.” The renegade president brings his war to the United Nations 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z He said this was part of a “broad pattern of unaccountable decision making.” It’s Google’s Turn in Washington’s Glare 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z “I was compelled to resign my position on August 31, 2018, in the wake of a pattern of unethical and unaccountable decision making from company leadership,” Poulson writes. Former Google scientist slams "unethical" Chinese search project in letter to senators 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z “We will not be governed by an international body that is unaccountable to our own citizens,” Trump declared. Trump delivers defiant defense of his foreign policy approach to skeptical U.N. audience 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z “We reject the ideology of globalism, and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism. We will never surrender America’s sovereignty to an unaccountable, unelected global bureaucracy.” Donald Trump defends ‘America ‘first’ in U.N. General Assembly speech 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z "We will never surrender America's sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable, global bureaucracy," he said. At UN this year, it's Trump versus the world 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z “We will never surrender America’s sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable, global bureaucracy,” he said. At UN this year, it’s Trump versus the world 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z “We will never surrender America’s sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable, global bureaucracy,” Trump said, in language popular with his political base. At U.N., Trump rejects globalism and blasts Iran 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z It’s hard not to see an allegory between Volkswagen’s manipulation of opaque technologies and the ways in which we are being manipulated more broadly by the largely unaccountable systems we engage with every day. Air pollution rots our brains. Is that why we don’t do anything about it? | James Bridle 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z “Migration should not be governed by an international body unaccountable to our own citizens.” Donald Trump defends ‘America ‘first’ in U.N. General Assembly speech 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z “The governor opposes attempts to usurp the state’s constitution and delegate the state’s redistricting authority to unelected and unaccountable boards,” said Taylor Gage, the governor’s spokesman. Nebraska lawmakers to seek redistricting changes in 2019 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z And most of that chaotic speech — yours, mine, everyone’s — is now happening in private spaces ruled by massive, unaccountable technology companies. Why Twitter reset the @Twitter account 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z The internet would create a new world order, except it wouldn’t be an order; it would be an open market, free of all government interference, a frontier, a Wild West — lawless and unaccountable. Opinion | The Hacking of America 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z So long as unaccountable commanders wage benchmark-free wars without congressional constraint, the United States simply cannot lose. The U.S. Military is winning. No, really, it is! 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z What used to be a home for funny, irreverent comedy and harmless gags gradually transformed into an unaccountable cesspool of toxic actors and bad-faith harassers. Sweden’s official Twitter account will no longer be run by random Swedes 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z “I wouldn’t want to live in a socialist country, and I don’t like living in a country where unaccountable capital faces no real check on its power,” says Wu. It’s time to break up Facebook 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z The militia commanders are widely viewed as unaccountable and corrupt, using their access to the Central Bank to buy U.S. dollars at the official rate, which is five times cheaper than the street price. In Libya, Facebook is used to buy arms, locate foes and kill them 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z The militia commanders are widely viewed as unaccountable and corrupt, using their access to the Central Bank to buy United States dollars at the official rate, which is five times cheaper than the street price. A Facebook War: Libyans Battle on the Streets and on Screens 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z It contends the bureau has become “overreaching and unaccountable.” Editorials from around Ohio 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z Without major changes to Britain’s media sector a “few tech giants and unaccountable billionaires will control huge swathes of our public space and debate,” Corbyn told the Edinburgh TV Festival. UK opposition Labour proposes tax on tech giants in media shake-up 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Without greater investment in investigative, public interest journalism, there is a risk that a "few tech giants and unaccountable billionaires will control huge swathes of our public space and debate", he will say. Corbyn mulls tech tax to fund journalism 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z It is sadly ironic that those we trust to put away criminals are thoroughly unaccountable when their own unethical behavior is discovered. Consequences for Unethical Prosecutors 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z There are legitimate questions, still unanswered, about what to do about the huge, unaccountable corporations that control large pieces of our modern communications infrastructure. Facebook Banned Infowars. Now What? 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Private universities are particularly unaccountable to outside authorities. When It Comes to Sexual Harassment, Academia Is Fundamentally Broken 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z “The U.S. is considered an uncertain and unaccountable country in the world that does not comply with its commitments,” he said. World Digest: Aug. 8, 2018 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Whenever possible, reformers pressing for change on contested cultural issues should aim to use the gradual, inclusive process of legislation rather than quick, unaccountable judicial action. Slow Down and Try Not to Break Things 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z America’s approach, Pompeo said, will focus on going after the regime’s unaccountable leaders, not the Iranian people. Trump and Pompeo’s contrasting rhetoric on Iran 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z The Fed isn’t supposed to be unaccountable: Politicians name key Fed personnel; Congress is active in its oversight; journalists and other outsiders engage and critique every aspect of Fed policy. The Fed’s Job Isn’t to Make Trump Happy 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z Steeply redistributive programs enacted by legislatures would be “easier to defend in court,” even a conservative court, than unaccountable bureaucratic diktats. How Conservatives Won the Law 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z By contrast, Democrats condemned the decision as one that would only help the rich continue to remain unaccountable, with Sen. Jon Tester of Montana describing it as "the swampiest, darkest, dirtiest decision." IRS drops “dark money” rule, will no longer require disclosure of donors to political nonprofits 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The ultimate goal of the fascist project is to concentrate power in the hands of an unaccountable few. Five human rights we should enjoy – while we still can | Van Badham 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z A society advances, it would seem, when profits from and control of its resources are taken from the public and turned over to a small number of wealthy, unaccountable people. A leftist wins in Mexico and mainstream media is spooked: Will he be bad for capitalism? 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z “As to Initiative 77 on tipped wages, that local issue should be decided solely by D.C., not unaccountable members of Congress trying to interfere in the District’s local affairs.” Republicans in Congress and D.C. Democrats agree: Overturn voters on hourly wage hike 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Political cartoons offered an indispensable tool by providing a rich set of symbols for thinking about the problems with unaccountable and overly centralized corporate power. How to fix Big Tech? We need the right language to describe it, first | Marc DaCosta 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z This led to a perfect storm of unaccountable decision-making, while budget cuts left environmental agencies poorly equipped to respond. The Flint water crisis: how citizen scientists exposed poisonous politics 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z As the fascist objective is to concentrate power amid an unaccountable few, it’s crucial to destroy social principles of equality and egalitarianism. Five human rights we should enjoy – while we still can | Van Badham 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Under Obama, the justification for holding such unaccountable power was the good character of the president and his staff. A Spymaster Steps Out of the Shadows 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z He declared unconstitutional the structure of a consumer watchdog agency, finding that it gives too much executive control to a “single unaccountable, unchecked director,” in a decision reversed earlier this year by his colleagues. Top Supreme Court prospect has argued presidents should not be distracted by investigations and lawsuits 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z He was deeply unhappy in the military, but it did teach him a rigorous work ethic and how to assert yourself amid unaccountable power structures. L.A. rapper JPEGMAFIA lashes out at the right and the 'fake-woke' left. Just don't call it 'trolling' 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z “Prosecutors are the most powerful, unaccountable and least transparent actors in the criminal justice system,” Mr. Ofer said. Inmates Question Prospective Prosecutors in Jailhouse Campaign Debate 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, an unaccountable structure has led to rogue behavior. Ice is a tool of illegality. It must be abolished | Zephyr Teachout 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Often controlled by members of a single family, these foundations are relatively unaccountable to the public. Why New York state is suing the Trumps: 5 questions answered 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z That is a sign that checks and balances have been chiseled away, leaving the state unaccountable, said Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the high commissioner. World Digest: June 22, 2018 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party says it is fixing a corrupt and unaccountable court system. No progress reported in Poland-EU standoff over courts 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The government is not only unaccountable: it is doing God’s will. Trump is creating his American caliphate, and democracy has no defence | Nesrine Malik 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Ice undermines what we aspire to be as Americans, and is an unaccountable and inhumane political tool, treating all immigrants as national security threats. Ice is a tool of illegality. It must be abolished | Zephyr Teachout 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z In a statement on Thursday, Mr. Becker said, “a bunch of anonymous and unaccountable bankers and bureaucrats pushed me into a completely unnecessary declaration of bankruptcy.” Boris Becker Is an African Diplomat? His Creditors Are First to Know 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Similar civic schemes characterize the political doctrine of neoliberalism, which removes ownership and control of public goods from public hands and places them squarely in private, unaccountable ones. Chicago mayor signs off on Elon Musk’s neoliberal vision for public transit 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Mulvaney has been praised by GOP lawmakers for reining in an agency they saw as unaccountable. Trump's rumored pick for CFPB chief is a Mick Mulvaney deputy with little financial policy expertise 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z In fact, the Council’s reckless initial vote prompted a popular backlash against a destructive move, which sought more money for failed, unaccountable policies. Repealing head tax, Seattle avoids walking into the propeller 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Ice is stunningly unaccountable, by design, and the horrors that we see today are part of a structural problem that George W Bush created and that we can and must fix. Ice is a tool of illegality. It must be abolished | Zephyr Teachout 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z The Trump administration sees a need to rein in unaccountable judges who overstep their authority. Trump's bonfire of the treaties sweeps towards the WTO 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z The EU has turned into a socialist superstate, unaccountable to its members, and authoritarian in its operations and policies. A battle of wills over Polish courts exposes EU bullying 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z “It’s not. The fact that it’s expensive is a symptom of the fact that it’s unaccountable and secretive. It’s really a way of pointing to the institution and saying: ‘Essentially, the monarchy is corrupt.’ ‘Essentially, the monarchy is corrupt’ – can republicanism survive the Harry and Meghan effect? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Currently, the MTA can feel unaccountable to residents of the city because, in effect, it is unaccountable to them; the agency answers to Governor Cuomo and the State legislature. How Can the M.T.A. Rescue the Subway When It Struggles to Deliver Basics? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The City Council cannot continue to be unaccountable to residents who vote for them. Seattle’s head-tax plan: Tighten your belt 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Even many of those who want the Islamic republic to continue want to eliminate the supreme-leader position, an unelected and unaccountable figure. Opinion | Trump shouldn’t forget Iran’s big Achilles’ heel: Its economy 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z As the online world has moved into something more like middle age, the notion that the anonymous, unaccountable freedom of the web is a panacea for prejudice seems hopelessly outdated. If you want to know how we ended up in a cyber dystopia, read Ready Player One 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The moral of that story is this: Unquestioning obeisance to unaccountable power is a recipe for disaster, a lesson we may be poised to relearn. Trump’s apologists have drunk the Kool-Aid 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Under Cordray, the bureau was known by its supporters as a dogged defender of consumers — and by the finance industry as an overly aggressive and unaccountable agency. In surprise move, CFPB appeals judgment against CashCall slashed by judge 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z There has never been such a powerful and unaccountable regulator in U.S. history as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Mick Mulvaney Replies to Elizabeth Warren 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z “We think the cancellation and the closed-door meeting shows his continued, unaccountable approach over the last six years,” Marcos said. King County Executive Dow Constantine cancels speech as youth-jail protesters show up 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Wisconsin should not consolidate more power in the hands of the governor and his unaccountable appointees. Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Macron is worried about unaccountable “black box” algorithms being introduced into society and making decisions formerly entrusted to humans. Badly implemented AI could ‘jeopardize democracy,’ says French president Emmanuel Macron 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z The growth of unaccountable university partnerships, like other crises facing educational institutions, stems from the absence of democratic engagement. Elite universities are selling themselves – and look who’s buying | Grif Peterson and Yarden Katz 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The institution of law enforcement needs thorough checks and transparency, but effective measures won’t be forthcoming as long as the current system remains unaccountable. Stephon Clark Was Shot 8 Times Primarily in His Back, Family-Ordered Autopsy Finds 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The Berlin-based watchdog says financial and security aid from Western states helped Egypt’s military consolidate political power and become a “largely opaque and unaccountable institution.” Watchdog: Nations helped Egypt’s military consolidate power 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z “The proven tools to address corruption are transparency, accountability and an independent judiciary. The supervision commissions set by this law are secretive, unaccountable and above the law.” China’s leader tightens grip with new anti-corruption agency 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Unlike the House bill, the legislation would not touch the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a longtime target of Republican lawmakers who view it as an unaccountable agency with too much power. Senate Passes Bill Loosening Banking Rules, but Hurdles Remain in the House 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z I think that this sort of centralization of these unaccountable institutions — maybe we need to find alternative places. Chelsea Manning thinks we need to remake the internet 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z ‘These politicians can’t make these decisions and be held unaccountable for people dying.’ Trump Administration Sues California Over Immigration Laws 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z In most authoritarian regimes, the ruler accumulates power and over the years becomes more arrogant, corrupt and unaccountable. Opinion | Is anyone paying attention to China? 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z And it’s a mark of political corruption when unaccountable cliques block solutions that enjoy broad support and force their selfish interests to prevail over the common good. Opinion | On gun violence, we are a failed state 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z “Having a bunch of unaccountable power in the hands of philanthropists,” Callahan said, “is at odds with the idea of democracy.” Bill and Melinda Gates hear you 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Conservatives have criticized the bureau, which gets its funding from the Federal Reserve, as a rogue regulator that’s unaccountable to voters and has too much power to investigate and punish the lending industry. Trump plan cuts CFPB’s budget by one-third 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z “These politicians can’t make these decisions and be held unaccountable for people dying. I mean, we need to hold these politicians accountable for their actions.” Trump Administration Sues California Over Immigration Laws 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z The other is "huge elements of power held by people virtually unaccountable — who basically impose their own values and prejudices with very little supervisions." Trump shifts meaning of 'Drain the Swamp' from ethics to anything he objects to 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z For Russians accustomed to unaccountable rule from on high, this is nothing new. As Vladimir Putin steals the Russian election, our leaders are shamefully silent | Simon Tisdall 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Politico’s report is a reminder of what bloated, unaccountable government gets you. Government wastes, loses billions and shrugs off losses 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z But to prevent the program from growing into another unwieldy, unaccountable government program, we urge lawmakers to add a sunset provision in the bill. West Virginia editorial roundup 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z From the moment Congress created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Republicans attacked it as a “rogue agency,” “unaccountable,” “malicious” and run by an out-of-control “dictator” who desperately needs more oversight. Opinion | How Mick Mulvaney is dismantling a federal agency 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Definitions vary but this phrase generally refers to a male who goes to places like Davos and inhabits an elite unaccountable bubble while determining the fates of those without access to it. Davos 2018: Narendra Modi, Justin Trudeau and Cate Blanchett speak - Day 1 live! 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Yet this power is totally unregulated and totally unaccountable. I run a small, independent magazine. I worry Facebook will kill us off | Nathan Robinson 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Our problem is based in financial chaos fostered by absurd decision-making and bad management at every agency and throughout our massive, unaccountable bureaucracy. Government wastes, loses billions and shrugs off losses 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Independent journalism holds the unaccountable to account and shines light on the darkest corners of our world. The biggest risk to American journalism isn't posed by Trump | Thomas Hughes and Jodie Ginberg 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Supporters argue that the long-standing practice allowed democratically elected members of Congress — rather than unaccountable bureaucrats — to set spending priorities in their districts and states. Opinion | Yes, Congress is broken. But earmarks will only make it worse. 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Ahead of his appointment as acting director Mulvaney called the agency a “sick, sad” joke that was “extraordinarily frightening” and unaccountable. Payday loan rules undergo review by agency head supported by lenders 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z For those of us who have seen the list and found it simultaneously exhilaratingly radical and terrifyingly unaccountable, Donegan’s accounting is cathartic. The Shitty Media Men list was imperfect – but what else were women to do? | Jill Filipovic 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z It’s a prominent role that does not require Senate confirmation and leaves him unaccountable to Congress. Analysis | The Daily 202: These Trump nominees couldn’t get confirmed by the GOP Senate, but they’re still in government 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z A "board president" is an unaccountable bureaucrat and there's no justice in this system. Can an Algorithm Tell When Kids Are in Danger? 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z I liked this tweet because it’s good to be reminded that huge unaccountable companies use our personal data to dunk on us both literally and figuratively. Netflix creeps out users after mocking ‘the 53 people’ who’ve watched ‘A Christmas Prince’ every day 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z It is unacceptable for algorithms and scoring mechanisms to be opaque and unaccountable to scrutiny. We are in a crisis over trust in government, business and online with no fix in sight 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z “I think it is wrong to have a completely unaccountable federal bureaucracy,” he said. Is the Consumer Bureau ‘Unaccountable’ and Ineffective? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z But the three-judge panel said it was an unaccountable bureaucracy, breaking with the principles of democratic government. CFPB acting director fight is third constitutional clash since 2010 formation 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z He observed that the Constitution gave judges the final word, without appeal, on constitutional questions to the Supreme Court, and asked the crucial question: How would officials with unaccountable power behave? Opinion | The Power of the Courts Is Messing Up Politics 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z We've let our own electeds become unaccountable to policies that strike at the heart of white supremacy, and provide real opportunities, choices, and protections for ALL. Opinion | Anniversary of the Apocalypse 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z "With the FCC further weakening safeguards designed to promote competition and diversity of ownership, they are turning control of our data to fewer unaccountable corporations," said Chester. TV stations are about to track you and sell targeted ads, just like Google and Facebook 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z "With the FCC further weakening safeguards designed to promote competition and diversity of ownership, they are turning control of our data to fewer unaccountable corporations," Chester said. TV stations are about to track you and sell targeted ads, just like Google and Facebook 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The power of states is threatened, or seen to be threatened, by unaccountable forces with global tentacles. The historical reality of the Templars of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and ‘Assassin’s Creed’ 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z But that five years is now up, and Google is rankling critics who distrust its intentions and worry that ultimately the search giant is unaccountable to public regulators. Google will stop feeding airfare data to travel websites 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Worse, from a Republican perspective, was that candidates across the country were forced to respond to his unaccountable explanation that “the female body has ways totry to shut the whole thing down” and avoid pregnancy. The Trump wing of the GOP is winning battles. But will it lose the war to keep the Senate in Republican hands? 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z They said the bureau’s interest in such issues is “characteristic of an overreaching and unaccountable agency.” GOP would rather see student borrowers get screwed than let consumer agency do its job 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z For example, he notes that members of both parties worry about “the danger of losing control of their campaign message to unaccountable outside groups.” Opinion | Want to deepen our democracy? Get ready. 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z That complaint seeks to avoid another “invasion of roving paramilitary bands and unaccountable vigilante peacekeepers.” Charlottesville officials join Va. lawsuit to bar activity by private military groups 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Google is an unaccountable governing force that regulates the internet for its own benefit. Google will stop feeding airfare data to travel websites 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Otherwise, the lawsuit says, “Charlottesville will be forced to relive the frightful spectacle of August 12: an invasion of roving paramilitary bands and unaccountable vigilante peacekeepers.” Charlottesville, local businesses sue over deadly rally 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z |
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