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Riot Police Break Up Peaceful "You Stink!" Protest In Beirut As Lebanese Movement Grows
Demonstrators have gathered for weeks in downtown Beirut calling for the resignation of officials responsible for the current waste crisis and demanding new elections.
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Lead Whistleblowers Sue FBI, NSA, DOJ For Malicious Prosecution and Civil Liberties Violations
The NSA wasn't interested in having its faults pointed out – so it sent the DOJ after the whistleblowers.
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On the Take: Private Prison Firms Are Buying Access to Public Officials at Lavish Conferences
Private corrections companies are spending millions of dollars
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Don't Shut Your Mouth – Disruption Is the Sound We Make In a Democracy
We need to disrupt the legal and political system that expects people of color to shut up and women to behave.
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The Dystopian Danger of Police Body Cameras
The spread of body cameras into our schools may come as surprise to some, but it shouldn’t.
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Launching "Campaign Zero," Racial Justice Movement Demands Stricter U.S. Policing Laws
Leaders of influential civil rights movement release the most comprehensive set of policy proposals yet calling for federal and state laws to combat police killings.
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Black Labor Organizers Urge AFL-CIO to Reexamine Its Ties to the Police
United Auto Workers have led a push for the AFL-CIO to dissolve its relationship with an international police union.
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NSA Spying Relies on AT&T’s "Extreme Willingness to Help"
The National Security Agency’s ability to capture Internet traffic on United States soil has been based on an extraordinary, decades-long partnership with a single company: AT&T.
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Ferguson Protester Faces Four Years in Jail Over Charges of Kicking SUV
Brittany Ferrell has been accused by St. Louis police of causing $5,000 damage to car she kicked as the driver forced her way through demonstrators at Michael Brown anniversary.
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Why Police Killings of Latinos Spark Less Outrage than When Victims are Black
Families of Latinos killed by police are pushing for a Brown Lives Matter movement.
