The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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California State Assembly Passes Digital Privacy Bill Limiting Government Surveillance
Uncertainty still remains over whether the governor will ultimately approve the bill.
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Drones That Shoot Tasers Are Now Legal for Police Use in North Dakota
Legal experts are very concerned that a new law in the state allowing law enforcement drones to be armed with so-called less-than-lethal weapons – including stun guns, beanbag rounds and tasers – could pose great risks.
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Baltimore Approves $6.4 Million Settlement In Death of Freddie Gray
The settlement could play a role in whether a judge decides to move the trials for the six officers charged in Gray’s death out of Baltimore – a move their defense attorneys say is necessary if the officers are to receive a fair trial.
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Wars Profit the 1%, Part I: London Protesters Greet the Latest Global Arms Fair
The U.K. government this week is once again inviting tyrants and human rights abusers to buy weapons and torture equipment – and facing a loud coalition of activists.
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"Homegrown" Censorship: Cancelled Play Highlights U.K. Counter-Extremism Debate
Critics cry foul as production exploring youth radicalization gets mysteriously pulled after police visit, in what many people are calling informal and political censorship.
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Justice Department Places New Requirements On Cellphone Surveillance
Federal law enforcement officials will be routinely required to get a search warrant before using secretive and intrusive cellphone-tracking technology under a new DOJ policy announced last week.
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Justice Dept. Declares Ferguson An Example of How Police are Not to Act in Protests
A DOJ report released Thursday denounces poor community-police relations, ineffective communication among law enforcement groups, police orders that infringed 1st Amendment rights, and military-style tactics that antagonized demonstrators.
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Young Leader Of Hong Kong's Occupy Central Movement Hits Back After Arrest and Charges
"Today is a political prosecution," said Joshua Wong after his arrest last week. "My involvement in the Civic Square action is the best thing I have accomplished in the four years I've been involved in social student movements."
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The Other 1%: Healing the Wounds Of Native American Tragedies On Turtle Island
Issues of police brutality – like the July killing of Paul Castaway near Denver – are opening the public's eyes to the continuing struggles of Native Americans and other groups unfairly targeted by law enforcement.
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Riot Police Break Up Peaceful "You Stink!" Protest In Beirut As Lebanese Movement Grows
Demonstrators have gathered for weeks in downtown Beirut calling for the resignation of officials responsible for the current waste crisis and demanding new elections.
