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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Bay Area Police, FBI and Harris Corporation Secretly Collaborating On Stingray Surveillance
The multi-agency effort to acquire a controversial cellphone surveillance device would make it possible for Oakland and Fremont police to scoop up data from everyone in a given area – dragnet style.
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ACLU With Wikipedia Sue NSA Over Online Surveillance
The lawsuit alleges that the NSA's mass surveillance of internet traffic, often called "upstream" surveillance, violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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U.S. Police Departments are Increasingly Militarized
An ACLU report cites soaring use of war zone equipment and tactics in American cities.
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At 1600% Growth, Private Prisons Are Getting Rich Jailing Illegal Immigrants
You might be shocked to learn how big of a business this has become.
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FBI Used No-Fly List to Bully Muslims Into Becoming Informers
Naveed Shinwari hasn’t seen his wife in 26 months. He suspects it’s because he refused to become an informant for the FBI.
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Interview: Edward Snowden hangs out at SXSW
Edward Snowden speaks about privacy and technology with the ACLU at SXSW
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FBI Investigates Private Prison Giant Running "Gladiator School" in Idaho
Corrections Corporation of America's prison in Boise earned the moniker because of its high rates of violence.
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Meet the Company That Can Track Everywhere You've Been and Tell Police About It
A security company collects data from license plate readers and shares it with police and federal law enforcement, no warrant needed.
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Hedges: The “Dual State” That Edward Snowden Enabled Us To See
A debate this week at Oxford University centers on whether the NSA whistleblower helped or harmed the public good – but on a deeper level, this debate revolves around our nation’s loss of liberty.
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Justice Department Withholds FISA Court Orders on NSA's Bulk Collection of Data
The decision to keep some of the records secret, in the thick of Edward Snowden’s revelations, has raised suspicions within the ACLU that the government continues to hide bulk surveillance activities from the U.S. public.
