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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A Last Chance for Resistance
The crawl toward despotism within a failed democracy is always incremental – no regime planning to utterly extinguish civil liberties advertises its intentions in advance.
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Closed Border Between Pakistan and Afghanistan Is Mainly Hurting the Poor
The border closure triggered fears that bilateral trade will come to a complete standstill as Pakistan officials threaten to keep the border closed for an indefinite period, due to terrorism threats.
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Black People More Likely to Be Wrongfully Convicted of Murder, Study Shows
Black people convicted of murder or sexual assault are significantly more likely than their white counterparts to be later found innocent of the crimes, according to a review of nearly 2,000 exonerations nationwide over 3 decades.
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Thousands of ICE Detainees Claim They Were Forced Into Labor, A Violation of Anti-Slavery Laws
The lawsuit filed against one of the largest private prison companies in the country reached class-action status this week, meaning the case could involve as many as 60,000 immigrants who have been detained.
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Homeland Security Sees Anger at Trump as Driver of "Domestic Terrorist Violence"
The conclusions laid out in a Feb. 21 report come amid a series of controversial post-election efforts by Republican lawmakers to criminalize protest.
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The Return of American Race Laws
The warmup act for a full-blown American fascism and orchestrated race war is taking place in immigrant and marginal communities across the United States: Racial profiling. Random police stops. Raids at homes and businesses.
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The New Legislation Targeting Protestors
A wave of bills aimed at curtailing protests and demonstrations has started to make its way through state legislatures across the country.
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The Private Prison Industry Is Licking Its Chops Over Trump's Deportation Plans
"There's little doubt in my mind that they will continue to rely on the private prison industry in what's going to be the biggest expansion of [ICE] in history," said Carl Takei, staff attorney for the ACLU's National Prison Project.
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Help Wanted: How You Can Act Locally To Stymie Trump’s Agenda
Community Control Over Police Surveillance, or CCOPS, empowers city councils to reexamine and stop local police departments from broadly sharing surveillance data with fusion centers, as well as with the federal government.
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A Crackdown On Our Right to Stand Up
Republican-led legislatures are trying to push through laws to criminalize dissent in the hopes of stopping the growing fight against the right.
