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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

Trump directs Justice Department to investigate ‘criminal leaks’

Michael Janczyn - 02/06/2017

The use of governmental power to target individual citizens for retribution is classic authoritarian behavior.

Trump’s immigration ban is illegal

Andrew Schweizer - 01/26/2017

Persecution of an ethnic or religious minority, either by the administration or its supporters is classic authoritarian behavior.

China warns U.S. criticism of Uighur detentions is not helpful for trade talks

Andrew Schweizer - 10/29/2019

By Reuters, October 2019 China’s U.N. envoy has sounded a warning note over trade talks with Washington after the U.S. joined 22 other countries at...

Trump’s preposterous bin Laden comments

Andrew Schweizer - 11/19/2018

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...

Women’s rights take centre stage as murdered activists are remembered

Andrew Schweizer - 11/29/2018

by Liz Ford, The Guardian, November 2018 Rising misogyny and an increase in the restrictions placed on women’s freedom worldwide mean the work of campaigners who...

What does it look like when citizens don’t trust elections?

Andrew Schweizer - 08/15/2016

by Thomas Pepinsky, TomPepinsky.com, August 2016 Perhaps more than anything that he has said through his campaign, Donald Trump’s charge that the upcoming presidential elections will be...

Georgia doesn’t need another voter suppressor running its elections

Michael Janczyn - 12/03/2018

by Carol Anderson, The Guardian, December 2018 Donald Trump wants Brad Raffensperger to be secretary of state overseeing elections in Georgia. That, alone, should give any self-respecting...

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...