Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
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Town’s Private Prison Goes Bust
Contrary to popular belief, private prisons often don’t save the economies of the rural towns that seek them out.
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Debt Company Makes Sheriffs Rich by Jailing the Poor, Lawsuit Claims
A private company increases debts by 30 percent, then tells Oklahomans to pay up or go to jail. Law enforcement is in its pocket, a new lawsuit claims.
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America’s Secretive Private Prison Industry Is About to Become Much Less Secret
Dilley, a remote Texas town of 4,000 people, has enjoyed a booming local economy thanks to its most controversial feature: its private prison.
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The F.B.I.’s Black Phantom Menace
In a report that was never supposed to be made public, but was on Oct. 6 by foreignpolicy.org, the F.B.I.’s Counterterrorism Division has concluded that there is a real threat from the “black identity extremist” movement.
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The Prosecution of Inauguration-Day Protesters Is a Threat to Dissent
The government keeps expanding its efforts to prosecute J20 protesters, and this should alarm all of us.
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Leaked ICE Guide Offers Unprecedented View of Agency's Asset Forfeiture Tactics
An internal handbook obtained by The Intercept provides a rare view into the extensive asset seizure operations of ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, an office that trains its agents to meticulously appraise the value of property before taking it.
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Malta Car Bomb Kills Panama Papers Journalist
Daphne Caruana Galizia, a blogger whose investigations focused on corruption, was described as a "one-woman WikiLeaks."
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Homeland Security Plans to Collect Immigrants’ Social Media Info
The rule, which would take effect Oct. 18, would allow the agency to collect information from US immigrants' Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts.
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Catalonia’s Independence Vote Descends Into Chaos and Clashes
National police officers in riot gear, sent by the central government in Madrid, used rubber bullets and truncheons as they fanned out across Catalonia to shut down polling stations and seize ballot boxes.
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I Had A Front-Row Seat To Joe Arpaio's Downfall. We Can Beat Trump The Same Way.
Joe Arpaio's cruel, lawless reign over Maricopa County foreshadowed the Trump presidency, and so will his downfall.
