Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.
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Netzpolitik Scandal Embroils Germany As Press Freedom Challenges Surveillance State
"I never would have thought I lived in a country where I could theoretically be under surveillance and I could go to jail for my work."
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How Canadian Agencies Stepped Up Surveillance Of Environmental Activists
Newly released documents show Canadian officials are doing more than ever to monitor opponents of oil pipeline development, demonstration organizers and First Nations people involved in related activities.
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Court Fees Trap Ex-Inmates In A Prison of Debt
Studies show that debts prevent former misdemeanants and felons from escaping poverty and moving on with their lives – not only because of what’s owed but also because of the accompanying stress and surveillance.
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Secretive Airspace: Private Companies Are Now At the Heart of U.S. Drone Warfare
America's overstretched military has hired hundreds of private-sector contractors to analyze top-secret video feeds and help track suspected terrorist leaders – a secretive industry worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Expensive Busts: Illinois Spent $2.4 Million Jailing Residents of Just One City Block
"I tell you what, I wish instead of spending so much money on [incarcerating people], they'd come fill some of these crater holes behind my house."
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Cincinnati Police Officer Indicted for Murder After Killing Unarmed Black Driver
Prosecutors said officer Ray Tensing “purposely killed” 43-year-old Samuel DuBose, an unarmed black man who was pulled over for a missing front license plate.
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White Officer Pepper-Sprays Crowd At Black Lives Matter Conference In Cleveland
The incident occurred Sunday during protests against the arrest of a 14-year-old.
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Documents Show Feds Regularly Monitor Black Lives Matter Protesters Nationwide
The reports confirm social media surveillance of the movement and related events in Ferguson, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and New York – including watching over vigils, parades and other benign gatherings.
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It’s Not Just the NSA – The IRS Is Reading Your Emails Too
Email content is easily accessible to many civil and law enforcement agencies as soon as it is at least 180 days old.
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Beyond Ag-Gag: One North Carolina Law Is Bringing the War on Whistleblowers to A New Level
No longer just targeting animal rights activists, the Property Protection Act outlaws exposing abuse at elder care facilities, day cares and charter schools – revealing the power of ALEC-backed legislation at the state level.