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Data leak reveals how China ‘brainwashes’ Uighurs in prison camps
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by Jonathan Chait, Intelligencer - NY Magazine, November 2018
The conservative movement has long dismissed the value of neutral expertise — environmental scientists, arms control analysts,...
Trump’s preposterous bin Laden comments
by Peter Bergen, CNN, November 2018
President Trump spoke to Chris Wallace of Fox News on Sunday and made a number of false claims about the...
Mueller wants the FBI to look at a scheme to discredit him
Intimidating opponents is classic authoritarian behavior.
Silicon Valley is building a social credit system
By Mike Elgan, Fast Company, August 2019
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Trump administration seeks criminal crackdown on pipeline protests
by Ben Lefebvre and Anthony Adragna, Politico, June 2019
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Brazilian president’s son suggests using dictatorship-era tactics on leftist foes
By Tom Phillips, The Guardian, November 2019
Voices from across Brazil’s political spectrum have condemned the son of the far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, after he suggested hardline dictatorship-era tactics might be needed to...
Trump campaign boasts president is ‘no Mr Nice Guy’ in new ad
By David Smith, The Guardian, November 2019
Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is well under way with a dark advert featuring dramatic music and a brutally simple message: “He’s No Mr Nice Guy.”
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Students burn Latina author’s book after she discusses white privilege
By Lois Beckett, The Guardian, October 2019
When a Latina author discussed white privilege at a public university in Georgia, a group of white students burned copies of her book.
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by Stephanie Chouinard/Serge MiVille, The Globe and Mail, November 2018
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Data leak reveals how China ‘brainwashes’ Uighurs in prison camps
By BBC Staff, BBC News, November 2019
The Chinese government has consistently claimed the camps in the far western...
New Bolivian interior minister vows to jail Evo Morales for rest of his life
By Tom Phillips, The Guardian, November 2019
The interior minister of Bolivia’s rightwing interim government has vowed...
Stephen Miller’s affinity for white nationalism revealed in leaked emails
By Michael Edison Hayden, Southern Poverty Law Center, November 2019
In the run-up to the 2016 election, White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller promoted...
