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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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How Spy Tech Firms Let Governments See Everything On a Smartphone

Want to invisibly spy on 10 iPhone owners without their knowledge? Cost: $650,000 plus a $500,000 setup fee with an Israeli outfit called the NSO Group.

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Dakota Access Pipeline: Native American Protesters Attacked with Pepper Spray, Guard Dogs

During Saturday's protest at the site of a multi-million dollar oil pipeline in North Dakota, at least six people, including a child, received bites from guard dogs belonging to a private security company.

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An Arkansas Judge Sent A Cancer Patient To "Debtors’ Prison" Over A Few Bounced Checks

The court system in the town of Sherwood is destroying the lives of poor people, a new federal lawsuit alleges.

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Argentine General and 28 Others Sentenced to Life for Crimes Against Humanity

Thousands gathered outside a federal court in Cordoba to hear the historic sentencing for crimes committed at secret Dirty War-era detention centers, marking a landmark step in the struggle for justice in Argentina.

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Police Break Up Zimbabwe "Mega-Demonstration" In Defiance Of Court Order

Friday's "mega-demonstration" marked the first time that Zimbabwe's fractured opposition joined in a single action to confront President Robert Mugabe's government in a decade.

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Fascism Revisited, Part II: The Cosy Relationship with Capitalists Continues

We would not have the rabidly free market, neoliberal – and increasingly fascist-leaning – system we have today if not for capitalists who have invested in small far-right groups from the 1930s onwards.

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Fascism Revisited, Part I: A Cozy Relationship To Capitalism Takes Root

A new brand of fascism and far-right ideology is on the march, with demagogues moving towards power from Austria to the U.S., France to Finland, Greece to Germany.

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The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm

A hacking group calling itself the “ShadowBrokers” is auctioning off authentic NSA software, part of a powerful constellation of tools used to covertly infect computers worldwide.

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