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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

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...

Mueller wants the FBI to look at a scheme to discredit him

Michael Janczyn - 10/30/2018

Intimidating opponents is classic authoritarian behavior.

Former FBI lawyer is dropping big hints about Trump obstructing justice

Michael Janczyn - 11/19/2018

by Jonathan Chait, Intelligencer - NY Magazine, November 2018 Most of the public fascination surrounding the legal ordeal of President Trump has attached itself to whether...

Trump administration seeks criminal crackdown on pipeline protests

Andrew Schweizer - 06/03/2019

by Ben Lefebvre and Anthony Adragna, Politico, June 2019 The Trump administration is joining calls to treat some pipeline protests as a federal crime, mirroring...

There’s a reason Trump keeps lying about voter fraud

Andrew Schweizer - 01/17/2017

Making up charges against those who disagree with the government is classic authoritarian behavior.

Trump administration attempted to barter of U.S. resident in exchange for minimizing Khashoggi probe

Michael Janczyn - 11/15/2018

by Sonam Seth/John Haltiwanger, Business Insider, November 2018 The White House considered extraditing one of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's top enemies to get Ankara to...

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...

ICE renews and increases contract with data firm Palantir

Andrew Schweizer - 08/20/2019

By Emily Birnbaum, The Hill, August 2019 Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has opted to renew its contract with Palantir Technologies, a software company co-founded...