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Data leak reveals how China ‘brainwashes’ Uighurs in prison camps

Michael Janczyn - 11/24/2019

By BBC Staff, BBC News, November 2019 The Chinese government has consistently claimed the camps in the far...

New Bolivian interior minister vows to jail Evo Morales for rest of his life

11/24/2019

Stephen Miller’s affinity for white nationalism revealed in leaked emails

11/12/2019

Border agents can now get classified intelligence information

11/01/2019

Brazilian president’s son suggests using dictatorship-era tactics on leftist foes

11/01/2019

Tanzania president Magufuli condemned for authoritarian regime

Ethics issues

By bending the knee to China, corporate America endangers democracy

News Andrew Schweizer - 10/11/2019

Charges dropped against 6-year-old children arrested at Orlando school

09/26/2019

Two children beaten to death in India ‘for defecating in public’

09/26/2019

Donald Trump

Trump campaign boasts president is ‘no Mr Nice Guy’ in new ad

News Andrew Schweizer - 11/01/2019

Trump raises idea of arresting House Chairman for treason

09/30/2019

Trump fantasizing about executing ‘spies’ behind the whistleblower complaint

09/27/2019

United States

President Trump has made 6,420 false or misleading claims over 649 days

Andrew Schweizer - 11/03/2018

Dishonesty and the use of chronic lying is classic authoritarian behavior.

The Healthcare Bill Exposes Trump’s Chilling Authoritarian Agenda

Andrew Schweizer - 05/08/2017

It's not only an assault on our bodies, but on our political will by Sarah Kendzior, Marie Claire, May 2017 A group of old white men stand...

Trump Calls Fed Reserve Chair Powell An ‘Enemy’

Andrew Schweizer - 08/23/2019

by Tierney Sneed, Talking Points Memo, August 2019 President Trump escalated his attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whom Trump appointed, in a tweet...

Medical care in immigrant detention centers under fire

Andrew Schweizer - 10/04/2019

By Blake Ellis/Melanie Hicken, CNN, October 2019 When 64-year-old Kamyar Samimi died in ICE custody, the agency issued a routine press release saying the preliminary cause...

Joe Arpaio announces bid for sheriff on second anniversary of Trump pardon

Andrew Schweizer - 08/26/2019

By Reuters, The Guardian, August 2019 Republican who branded himself ‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ was voted out of office in 2016 after 24 years. Joe Arpaio announced...

Washington DC’s role behind the scenes in Hollywood goes deeper than you think

Michael Janczyn - 09/03/2017

By Matthew Alford, The Independent, September 2017 The US government and Hollywood have always been close. Washington DC has long been a source of intriguing plots for filmmakers and...