The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
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U.S. Sets New Record For Denying Federal Files Under Freedom of Information Act
The Obama administration redacted and denied government files in record numbers for the second consecutive year.
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ICE Raid Apprehends Hundreds of Immigrants With Misdemeanors
The raid aimed to round up “the worst of the worst criminals.” But almost half of those people taken in the operation have never been convicted of a felony.
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The Bizarre and Questionable Case of Matthew DeHart
The child pornography charges leveled against the former U.S. soldier appear more to be a broad cover-up aimed at silencing another government dissenter.
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Systemic Racial Inequality Within The Justice System – By the Numbers
Only 36% of blacks are confident that police treat blacks and whites equally, compared to 72% of whites.
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How Jails Became Warehouses for the Poor, Ill and Addicted
A recent report found that the majority of people incarcerated in local and county jails committed minor violations including driving with suspended licenses, shoplifting or evading subway fares – and simply can't pay the $500 bail to leave.
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Cash Cops: How Civil Forfeiture Enriched U.S. Law Enforcement
The very people who are supposed to enforce the law are the ones who profit from ignoring it.
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Discrimination in Ferguson: Full Extent of Police Bias Laid Bare In Damning Justice Report
The full extent of the racial persecution of black residents in Ferguson, Missouri, by the city’s overwhelmingly white law enforcement authorities was disclosed on Wednesday in
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Police Killed More Than Twice As Many People As FBI Reported; Darren Wilson Walks
An average of 545 people killed by local and state law enforcement officers in the U.S. went uncounted in the country’s most authoritative crime statistics every year for almost a decade, according to a report released on Tuesday.
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How the Government Outsourced Intelligence to Silicon Valley
Palantir – with its carefully honed image as a countercultural spy outfit committed to privacy in the pursuit of national security – is a monstrous government snoop, mining our most intimate data.
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Fear Incorporated: Canada’s Anti-Terror Bill and the Emergence of a Deep Police State
Bill C-51 represents a clear erosion of constitutional rights – if the bill becomes law, blocking a pipeline or organizing a protest without permission from authorities would be considered terrorism.
