Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
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Meet the Company That Can Track Everywhere You've Been and Tell Police About It
A security company collects data from license plate readers and shares it with police and federal law enforcement, no warrant needed.
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Silencing Whistle-Blowers
The Obama administration has just opened a new front in its ongoing war on whistleblowers.
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Turning the Page, U.S. Soldiers Home From War Rebound Through Writing
Putting the experience of war into words on the page has emerged as a popular form of therapy for growing numbers of veterans.
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Brazil’s Lawmakers Push Anti-Terrorism Policy To Stifle Protest Ahead of World Cup
After a surprise Defense Ministry ruling enabling armed forces in Brazil’s streets, members of Congress are now pushing a bill that defines terrorism in vague terms – to frighten protesters and quell public dissent ahead of the World Cup.
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How the U.S. Deported One of Its Own Citizens
Could it happen to you?
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Eurodrones, Inc: How Europe Is Financing the Emerging Drone Industry
Just how far-reaching is the E.U.'s financing and support for the emerging drone industry?
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Why We Need Whistleblowers
We must keep checks on evasive government agencies.
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Meat Industry-Owned State Legislators Criminalize the First Amendment In Idaho
It's the first U.S. state to pass legislation criminalizing photography inside factory farms.
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Millions of Yahoo Webcam Images Intercepted by GCHQ
The Optic Nerve program collected Yahoo webcam images from users not suspected of wrongdoing.
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Nearly 400 Arrested at Largest Youth-led Civil Disobedience Action in a Generation
If President Obama doesn't stop the pipeline with his pen, activists will stop it with their bodies.