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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How Ex-Cons Teaching "Emotional Literacy" Are Helping Reduce Youth Violence
Marvin Stancil and a cadre of once-incarcerated, formerly gang-affiliated lecturers are leading Project AWARE, a program public school educators believe may revolutionize the way schools deal with students who exhibit violent behavior.
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State of Idaho Seizes Back Control of Largest Prison From Corrections Corporation of America
The prison has been the subject of multiple lawsuits alleging rampant violence, understaffing, gang activity and contract fraud, and some of the lawsuits have resulted in federal court orders to improve conditions.
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Mothers In White Demand Justice for Slain Teen Andy Lopez
The protest comes days after a fire destroyed a large memorial and shrine built in honor of the 13-year-old, whose killing by a sheriff's deputy has set off unabated protests.
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NSA Fails to Deny Spying on Congress As FISA Court Reauthorizes Phone Metadata Seizure
In its statement, which comes as the NSA gears up for a make-or-break legislative battle over the scope of its surveillance powers, the agency pointed to “privacy protections” which it says it keeps on all Americans' phone records.
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26,000 Sign Petition Demanding Washington Post Disclose Bezos-Amazon’s CIA Ties
The newspaper is facing a tsunami of criticism and calls for full disclosure after its new owner, Amazon C.E.O. and Bilderberg Group member Jeff Bezos, secured a $600 million contract with the CIA for “cloud” services.
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NSA Can Hack and Spy on Any iPhone Any Time
Everything you do on your iPhone may be open to NSA snooping, but Apple is claiming ignorance.
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I Worked on the U.S. Drone Program and the Public Should Know What Really Goes On
Few of the politicians who so brazenly proclaim the benefits of drones have a real clue how it actually works.
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Edward Snowden Declares "Mission Accomplished," Reflects on NSA Revelations
“I already won. As soon as the journalists were able to work, everything that I had been trying to do was validated. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself."
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Beyond the NSA: Other Agencies Spy on You, Too
The Surveillance State Repeal Act would rescind the PATRIOT Act entirely, as well as the 2008 amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, restoring rights that have been constitutionally violated by the FBI among other agencies.
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I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice System
As an assistant district attorney, I found myself prosecuting people of color for things white kids did with impunity.
