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Green New Deal, Part VII: No Justice, No Peace, It's Time to Defund the Police

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At Least 70 Countries Have Engaged in Disinformation Campaigns, Study Finds

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An office that Facebook set up in Dublin to monitor misuse of the platform. Oxford researchers said the company’s efforts were not enough to curb disinformation campaigns. Credit: Paulo Nunes dos Santos for The New York Times
Prison Recidivism: Causes and Possible Treatments

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Revealed: How Monsanto's 'intelligence center' targeted journalists and activists

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Monsanto ‘fusion center’ officials wrote lengthy reports about singer Neil Young’s anti-Monsanto advocacy. Photograph: Dan Steinberg/REX/Shutterstock
Alarm over voter purges as 17 million Americans removed from rolls in two years

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The disproportionate purging of voters has resulted in an estimated 1.1 million fewer voters between 2016 and 2018, the Brennan Center said. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA
Hong Kong Police Fire Rubber Bullets As Protests Turn Violent

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Return of the Poll Tax

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Protesters clash, arrests mount after toppling of Confederate statue at UNC-Chapel Hill

Protesters clashed Saturday at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — resulting in several arrests — a few days after a group toppled a Confederate soldier’s bronze statue that was erected on campus more than a century ago.

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Internal ICE Emails Show How the Government Set a Trap for Undocumented Spouses of US Citizens

Two federal agencies collaborated to arrest people with a clear path to obtaining green cards.

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How a Small Town in Iowa Freed Local Workers From ICE Detention

Isabel's husband was detained by ICE. Then she received a call from the Eastern Iowa Community Bond Project, part of a wave of new groups that bail out detained immigrants. They wanted to help.

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Portland far-right rally: police charge counterprotesters with batons drawn

Police in riot gear use stun grenades and pepper spray on leftwing groups protesting against Patriot Prayer marchers.

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Defending Land and Environmental Rights Has Become An Increasingly Deadly Endeavor

A new Global Witness report says that 2017 was the deadliest year for land and environmental defenders, with a total of 207 defenders killed worldwide.

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Trump Is Taking U.S. Down the Path to Tyranny

The Constitution was designed to prevent tyranny through a system of checks and balances, but in President Trump's America, those safeguards are failing.

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A Year Later, the Fascists of Charlottesville Are Back for More — This Time Outside the White House

Just because white supremacist rallies cannot and will not be banned by the state does not mean they should proceed without opposition.

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Threatened With Mass Expulsion, Italy's Roma Face An Uncertain Future

In a move echoing Donald Trump’s attacks on immigrants to the U.S., Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has announced plans to deport all Roma who are in the country illegally.

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