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Green New Deal, Part VII: No Justice, No Peace, It's Time to Defund the Police

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At Least 70 Countries Have Engaged in Disinformation Campaigns, Study Finds

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An office that Facebook set up in Dublin to monitor misuse of the platform. Oxford researchers said the company’s efforts were not enough to curb disinformation campaigns. Credit: Paulo Nunes dos Santos for The New York Times
Prison Recidivism: Causes and Possible Treatments

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Revealed: How Monsanto's 'intelligence center' targeted journalists and activists

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Monsanto ‘fusion center’ officials wrote lengthy reports about singer Neil Young’s anti-Monsanto advocacy. Photograph: Dan Steinberg/REX/Shutterstock
Alarm over voter purges as 17 million Americans removed from rolls in two years

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The disproportionate purging of voters has resulted in an estimated 1.1 million fewer voters between 2016 and 2018, the Brennan Center said. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA
Hong Kong Police Fire Rubber Bullets As Protests Turn Violent

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Return of the Poll Tax

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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.

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"A Post-Western Age": Munich Security Report Details Fragile World Order

With the rise of populism threatening the international order, the report warns of an "illiberal moment" globally—and the withdrawal of the U.S. on the world stage could allow others to take advantage of the power vacuum.

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The FCC Blocks 9 ISPs From Providing Broadband Access to the Poor

The FCC wants to cut back on government programs that increase Internet access.

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Secret Rules Make It Pretty Easy for the FBI to Spy on Journalists

Secret FBI rules allow agents to obtain journalists’ phone records with approval from two internal officials — far less oversight than under normal judicial procedures.

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Tech Executives Say the Muslim Ban is Bad for Business — and the Country

Business leadership at Netflix, Facebook, and Apple say the ban will hurt their companies and won’t make the U.S. safer.

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Trump’s Refugee Ban is Causing Chaos And Confusion at Airports Around The World

"The rules keep changing by the minute. We’re not sure what’s going on.”

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Protests, Confusion, and Fear at JFK Airport on Day One of the Muslim Ban

Protestors rally during a demonstration against the Muslim immigration ban at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 28, 2017 in New York City.

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