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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

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

Andrew Schweizer - 11/12/2019

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...

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...

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.

Trump targeting birthright citizenship with executive order

Andrew Schweizer - 10/30/2018

Overreach and abuse of power 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...

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...

The El Paso Shooting and the Gamification of Terror

Andrew Schweizer - 08/04/2019

By Robert Evans, Bellingcat, August 2019 On August 3, 2019, at around 11am local time, initial police reports indicated that a gunman had walked into an...

Trump says in interview he is the sole arbiter of truth

Michael Janczyn - 11/19/2018

by Jonathan Chait, Intelligencer - NY Magazine, November 2018 The conservative movement has long dismissed the value of neutral expertise — environmental scientists, arms control analysts,...