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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

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...

Jennifer Rubin: Trump’s battle with reality and the intelligence community heats up

Michael Janczyn - 01/23/2017

Taking sides with a foreign power against domestic opposition is classic authoritarian behavior.

Trump just blurted out that he installed new Attorney General over the Russia probe

Andrew Schweizer - 11/15/2018

by Jack Holmes, Esquire, November 2018 Trump passed over multiple Senate-confirmed officials in the actual line of succession to pick Whitaker, who'd become Sessions's chief of...

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...

Sanders says Trump calling media ‘enemy of the people’ is not blaming the media

Andrew Schweizer - 10/22/2018

Turning media into an enemy of the people is classic authoritarian behavior.

Silicon Valley is building a social credit system

Michael Janczyn - 08/26/2019

By Mike Elgan, Fast Company, August 2019 Have you heard about China’s social credit system? It’s a technology-enabled, surveillance-based nationwide program designed to nudge citizens toward...

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...