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Freedom over fear: the best writing on Paris and civil liberties

11/17/2015 - Racism, Terror Wars

Here's what I'm reading on Paris and the aftermath.

Stephen Walt, "Don't Give ISIS What It Wants":
FBI plans to go ahead with program casting suspicion on Muslim and Arab children, despite community concerns

11/03/2015 - FBI, Freedom of Speech, New COINTELPRO, Racism, Security Theater, Terror Wars
Boston Police “counterterror” fusion center warns about “middle eastern” seeming men and journalists at 2015 marathon

10/19/2015 - DHS, New COINTELPRO, Police Militarization, Racism, Security Theater, Terror Wars
Riding the wave of nationwide activism, Massachusetts advocates and survivors push comprehensive criminal justice reform

10/15/2015 - Drug Wars, Law Reform, Mass Incarceration, Racism
ACLU sues architects of sadistic torture program designed to break human beings

10/13/2015 - CIA, DoD, Racism, Secrecy, Terror Wars, Torture

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Charlotte, NC police considering barring drug offenders from certain areas of the city

10/02/2015 - Drug Wars, Racism, Security Theater

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Somerville Mayor to Middlesex DA: Drop all charges against the Somerville 18

09/24/2015 - Dissent, Freedom of Speech, Mass Incarceration, Racism

In January 2015, 18 activists from the Boston area locked down on the region's busiest highway, snarling traffic in both north and south lanes, to protest anti-Black racism in policing. The Middlesex District Attorney's office slammed the protesters with charges including conspiracy to trespass, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. The 18 face jail time, thousands of dollars in fines, and over a year of probation.
Choctaw medicine man, civil rights activist dies after being booked into historically infamous Mississippi jail

09/17/2015 - Racism

Just weeks after Sandra Bland died in a Texas jail cell after having been arrested during a traffic stop, another activist is dead in eerily similar circumstances. The day after Bland died, long-time Choctaw civil rights activist Rexdale Henry was found dead...