Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
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Supreme Court Endorses Cellphone Privacy Rights In Landmark Ruling
All nine justices joined the Wednesday ruling in asserting that police must obtain a warrant to search the contents of cellphones seized from people they have arrested.
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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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Recent Crimes of the FBI: Who Is Watching the Watchers?
Is the FBI the kind of government institution we want to keep funding with our taxes – and are its actions acceptable to a public that's been made to look and feel ever more like the enemy, rather than the protected?
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Repressing World Cup Protests Is Booming Business for Brazilian Corporation
Rio-based company Condor Nonlethal Technologies is swimming in profit after a $22-million contract providing tear gas, rubber bullets, Tasers, and light and sound grenades to police and private security forces.
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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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Why Is U.S. Military Pushing K-12 Students to Build Drones In Dayton?
Using vast resources to develop a shadow education system throughout the U.S., the military is going after young children to recruit a weapons-friendly generation of scientists and engineers.
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Honored Argentine Judge Now Faces Trial for Crimes Against Humanity Case
Judge German Castelli, who in 2012 ruled against 18 perpetrators accused of torture, murder and enforced disappearances during Argentina's military dictatorship, now stands accused of political negligence.
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Dispatches From Brazil's World Cup: "No One Lives Here Anymore"
At a favela five minutes from Brazil's most famous stadium, every family has been removed by force.
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Whistleblower: Arizona Inmates are Dying from Inadequate Healthcare
An investigation found dozens of cases of neglect in Arizona's privatized prison health care system.
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Recent Crimes of the FBI: Is Agency America's Greatest Threat to Domestic Freedoms?
The agency is not only guilty of withholding information, but also of entrapment and the outright creation of so-called terrorists.