THE HUMAN PARTY

drug policy and violence in mexico

Artwork by Polly Cancro

The past isn’t dead and buried. In fact, it isn’t even past.

- William Faulkner

At my day job, I write a lot about the potential of technology to improve people's lives and open up politics here and around the world. We have just seen this play out in dramatic fashion in Iran. Although it remains unclear that the technologically-supported resistance there will ultimately be successful, the impact of tools like Twitter and YouTube in the Iranian uprising is undeniable.