If Trump indeed tanks your 401(k) to make himself and his friends even richer, the opposition party should make that the centerpiece of their attack heading into next year’s election.
Michelle Alexander
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It's Time to Claim Our Highest Vision: Let's Embrace the Great Turning
We're called to be culture-shifting movement builders, but by setting enough fires in enough places, Trump, Bannon and Co. seek to render us firefighters.
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Legalized Murder and the Politics of Terror
Impoverished urban communities have evolved into miniature police states.
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Kimani's Story: An Interview with the Directors of “Defended in the Streets"
The new film tells the story of the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Kimani Gray by plainclothes police in Brooklyn – an event that sparked outrage and widespread protests against police brutality.
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Hedges: The Origins of Our Police State
The tyranny of law enforcement in poor communities is a window into our emerging police state, as cops arrest 13 million people a year while carrying out random searches with no probable cause.
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Crisis of Humanity: Global Capitalism Breeds 21st Century Fascism
We are witnessing transitions from social-welfare states to social-control states around the world, as ecological degradation, social deterioration and the means of violence reflect an unprecedented global crisis.
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Lockdown, USA: Lessons From the Boston Marathon Manhunt
A generalized fear now shapes American society—one that thrives on insecurity, precarity, dread of punishment and concern with external threats.
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Noam Chomsky: Smoke and Mirrors, or Civil Liberties Under President Obama
Obama's attack on civil liberties go well beyond anything I would have anticipated, and they don't seem easy to explain. He doesn't gain anything from it – he doesn't get any political mileage out of it.
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Why Police Get Away with Lying Under Oath
Perversely, the criminal justice system gives officers an incentive to perjure themselves.
