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Police Deploy Water Hoses, Tear Gas Against Standing Rock Protesters
Law enforcement officials deployed water hoses in freezing temperatures Sunday against hundreds of protesters decrying the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
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Why the World Needs WikiLeaks
Despite the mounting legal and political pressure coming from Washington, we continue to publish valuable material, and submissions keep pouring in.
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It’s Worse Than You Think
Widespread social unrest will ignite when Donald Trump’s base realizes it has been betrayed. I do not know when this will happen. But that it will happen is certain.
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Private Prison Stocks Are Shooting Up After Trump Win
They had declined sharply after the Obama Justice Department announced it would stop using private prisons.
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‘Vote Trump’ painted on wall of burned-out black church in Mississippi
As firefighters neared the 110-year-old church Tuesday night in Greenville, Miss., they saw flames in the windows and smoke pouring from the roof.
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People Vs Big Oil, Part II: A Mosaic of Oil and Attack Dogs
Few things appear more threatening to the economic order than the demand to accelerate oil’s demise – and the most robust democracies will suspend civil liberties when the people, particularly indigenous people, voice that demand.
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Private Eyes: The Little-Known Company That Enables Worldwide Mass Surveillance
Endace helped governments across the world harvest vast amounts of information on people’s private emails, online chats, social media conversations, and internet browsing histories.
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How Far Will North Dakota Go to Get This Pipeline?
They’ve already tried intimidation and humiliation, and the number of arrests are increasing. The latest tactic is to toss around the word “riot” as if saying it often enough will change its definition.
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Court Rules U.K. Mass Spying Was Unlawfully Conducted for Nearly Two Decades
Decision is called "long overdue indictment" of government's bulk collection of citizens' private information.
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Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Surveillance Tool was Used to Arrest Baltimore Protestors
For years, the social media giants have provided data to Geofeedia, a company marketing surveillance tools to police, creating real-time maps of activity in protest areas that were later used to identify and arrest protestors.