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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Turkey At A Crossroads—From the July Coup to ISIS, A Country In Turmoil
If Erdogan manages to re-establish stability, he will have ensured the rise of a new brand of aggressive radical Islam – one fueled by the edicts of Wahabi dogma that promotes absolute theocratic control.
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UC Davis chancellor resigns after [Occupy] pepper-spray scandal
Following the 2011 Occupy Wall Street incident that went viral, the university spent at least $175,000 on consultants to try to remove “venomous” references on the Internet and improve the chancellor's reputation.
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Not Just Skin Deep: Europe Reflects On America's Gun and Race Violence Epidemic
Race-related tensions have always coincided with economic recessions. But are we today facing a crisis point of open-ended, pointless violence – or is this simply a preamble to a truly nightmarish century?
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Global Surveillance Industry Database Helps Track Big Brother Worldwide
The U.K. human rights watchdog Privacy International has just offered a groundbreaking glimpse of the global surveillance industry—the tools it employs, the extent of its reach, and the accountability it largely evades.
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The Financial Firm That Cornered the Market on Jails
Numi Financial is in more than 400 jails across the country and issues more than 600,000 debit cards a year to people who have been arrested and released – with hefty fees attached.
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Indigenous People Killed As Crisis Is Erupting On Nicaraguan Coast
Settlers are attacking indigenous communities with automatic firearms, killing, plundering and forcing residents to flee their ancestral lands, while foreign companies have entered the territory illegally and are burning the region at a rapid rate.
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Federal Agents Went Undercover To Spy on Anti-Fracking Movement
Emails obtained through an open records act request show that the Lakewood Police Department in Colorado collected details about a BLM oil and gas lease protest from undercover officers as the event was being planned.
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Six Hours Inside The TV Station At The Heart Of Turkey’s Failed Coup
Soldiers versus police versus a mob in the newsroom of Turkey’s most-watched news channel — and dozens of reporters to document it all.
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Latinos, Police Brutality and the Blame Game
Is the media to blame for Latinos’ absence in the debate about police-community relations?
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How Protesters at the RNC Can Protect Themselves From Digital Surveillance
Activists at the political conventions should prepare themselves and their cellphones.