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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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Lead Whistleblowers Sue FBI, NSA, DOJ For Malicious Prosecution and Civil Liberties Violations

The NSA wasn't interested in having its faults pointed out – so it sent the DOJ after the whistleblowers.

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On the Take: Private Prison Firms Are Buying Access to Public Officials at Lavish Conferences

Private corrections companies are spending millions of dollars

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Don't Shut Your Mouth – Disruption Is the Sound We Make In a Democracy

We need to disrupt the legal and political system that expects people of color to shut up and women to behave.

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The Dystopian Danger of Police Body Cameras

The spread of body cameras into our schools may come as surprise to some, but it shouldn’t.

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Launching "Campaign Zero," Racial Justice Movement Demands Stricter U.S. Policing Laws

Leaders of influential civil rights movement release the most comprehensive set of policy proposals yet calling for federal and state laws to combat police killings.

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Black Labor Organizers Urge AFL-CIO to Reexamine Its Ties to the Police

United Auto Workers have led a push for the AFL-CIO to dissolve its relationship with an international police union.

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NSA Spying Relies on AT&T’s "Extreme Willingness to Help"

The National Security Agency’s ability to capture Internet traffic on United States soil has been based on an extraordinary, decades-long partnership with a single company: AT&T.

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Ferguson Protester Faces Four Years in Jail Over Charges of Kicking SUV

Brittany Ferrell has been accused by St. Louis police of causing $5,000 damage to car she kicked as the driver forced her way through demonstrators at Michael Brown anniversary.

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