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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Eyes on the Spies: Art In the Age of Hyper Surveillance
A new exhibition opening Thursday in San Francisco depicts the depth and breadth of spying, listening, recording and gathering data.
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The FBI Violated Its Own Rules While Spying On Keystone XL Opponents
Internal documents reveal that the agency failed to get approval before it cultivated informants and opened files on individuals protesting against the construction of the pipeline in Texas.
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Police at the Freddie Gray Protest in Austin Proved Just How Much They Love Pepper Spray
An unexpected use of chemical weapons by officers in the Texas capital has a police accountability expert questioning their training.
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Baltimore Revelations: Thousands of Suspects Arrive Too Injured To Go To Jail
Records obtained by the Baltimore Sun show that correctional officers refused to admit nearly 2,600 severely injured detainees who were in police custody between 2012 and 2015.
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NSA Phone Surveillance Revealed By Edward Snowden Ruled Illegal
The U.S. court of appeals has ruled that the bulk collection of telephone metadata is unlawful, in a landmark decision that clears the way for a full legal challenge against the National Security Agency.
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Material Responsibility: What the Banks Did To Baltimore
Bank of America, Barclays, Citibank and Deutsche Bank manipulated “interest rates on hundreds of trillions of dollars’ worth of loans and investments” purportedly used to fund Baltimore and other cities.
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French Lawmakers Pass Sweeping Surveillance Bill, Drawing Outcry
The new law would permit intelligence services to place cameras and recording devices in suspects' homes and beacons on their cars without prior authorization from a judge.
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Why Countries Across the World Are Revoking Freedom Of Assembly
Faced with mounting unrest and unwilling to offer reforms, democratic governments are rolling back traditional rights at an alarming rate. How many rights must be abrogated before a democracy becomes a police state?
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Stepping Out From Shadow of Patriot Act, It's Time To End NSA Data Collection
Maintaining a database of phone records upends a fundamental premise of the Constitution – the government should intrude on Americans’ private lives only if it has probable cause to suspect criminal activity.
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Just Last Month Maryland Cop Lobbyists Helped Block Reforms
A package of police reform bills was weakened under political pressure from Maryland police unions.
