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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In March, Worldwide Protests Gained Momentum
Global demonstrations in March turned out hundreds of thousands of protesters, raising oppositional voices against austerity measures, police violence, school closures and ecocidal legislation.
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Revealed: How Homeland Security Spies on Peaceful Demonstrations and Activists
Government documents obtained through FOIA requests reveal that the Department of Homeland Security conducts daily monitoring of peaceful, lawful protests as a matter of policy.
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New NYPD Chief Defends Stop-and-Frisk—Despite Being Stopped and Frisked
Philip Banks, who was promoted to the department's top uniformed position this week, supports the NYPD's controversial stop and frisk policy.
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Out of One Gram of Marijuana, a ‘Manufactured Misdemeanor’
The NYPD routinely gins up fake marijuana charges that jail New York City's black youth.
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Brooklyn Rises Up in Protest of Police Shooting
East Flatbush rises up after an unarmed 16-year-old is shot seven times by police.
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The NYPD’s Spying Program: Coming Soon to a City or Corporation Near You
The high surveillance Domain Awareness System, developed by Microsoft for NYPD spying purposes, is now being pushed on other cities, as Microsoft also looks to license it to private companies that manage large events.
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Why Police Get Away with Lying Under Oath
Perversely, the criminal justice system gives officers an incentive to perjure themselves.
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A Year After Ramarley Graham's Murder, a Movement Against Police Brutality Grows
The NYPD has led the way in police violence in America, paying a staggering $550 million to settle 8,882 lawsuits in 2011 alone.
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NYPD for Hire: How Uniformed New York Cops Moonlight for Banks
No one begrudges an officer doing security work in his own time, but the Paid Detail Unit creates worrying conflicts of interest.
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Charges Dropped Against Stop-and-Frisk Activists
The Harlem couple who had their faces and home address displayed on "wanted posters" after being branded "professional agitators" by the NYPD for filming police stop-and-frisks have been acquitted or had charges against them dropped.
