The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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What Barrett Brown’s Five-Year Sentence Means for Journalists – And Those Who Hack
Barrett Brown was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for hacking Stratfor. But he's not a hacker - he's a journalist.
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On Racism and Prejudice: Being Black and Brown in Britain
Britain’s colonial legacy is a living one – no one is born prejudiced, but in Britain all of us are born into racism.
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Four States Weigh Legislation To Shut Off Resources to the NSA
Efforts to stop warrantless NSA spying are off to a fast start in the 2015 legislative session, as lawmakers in four states have already introduced bills banning material support or resources to any federal agency engaged in illegal spying.
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"A Democratic Outrage" In Britain As Lawmakers Push to End the Right to Strike
A row has broken out between the government and the Trades Union Congress over plans to ban protests without at least 40% of support from union members. Those in favor of the proposed crackdown on industrial action say it will stop U.K.
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What David Cameron Just Proposed Would Endanger Every Briton and Destroy the IT Industry
David Cameron says there should be no "means of communication" which "we cannot read," and many in his party will agree with him – but if they understood the technology, they would be shocked to their boots.
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Blood on Their Hands: Corporate Media's Respose to the CIA Torture Report and #BlackLivesMatter
Whether the subject is torture or the shooting of unarmed citizens, America’s mainstream news media offer the same basic points of view and rarely live up to their intended adversarial role – to hold government in check.
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Albuquerque Police Officers Who Shot Homeless Man Face Murder Charges
Swat member Dominique Perez and former Detective Keith Sandy will each face a single count of open murder in the death of 38-year-old James Boyd.
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The Prison State of America
Prisons are prototypes for the future – where a million prisoners who currently work for corporations and government industries are models for what the corporate state expects us all to become
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French Muslims Fear Surge of Islamophobia after Charlie Hebdo Attack
Muslims in Paris brace for fallout after one of the deadliest attacks in 50 years.
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Enough Police Bullying: Stop the NYPD Coup
Police need to feel empowered so they don't fear speaking up when they see misbehavior by their colleagues.
