Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
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.
