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Hunter S. Thompson [with Studs Terkel] on Outlaws
“I keep my mouth shut now. I’ve turned into a professional coward.” - Hunter S. Thompson in 1967.
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Hactivists aren’t terrorists – but US prosecutors make little distinction
When political activists are treated like terrorists who plot and kill, state power is misdirected.
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Georgia claims that publishing its state laws for free online is ‘terrorism’
Government officials have threatened "rogue archivist" Carl Malamud with legal action many times for his efforts to make public government documents widely available for free, but the state of Georgia has set a new standard for fighting this ridiculous battle: It's suing Malamud for infringing its copyright of state laws by — horrors — publishing them online.
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State Of Georgia Sues Carl Malamud For Copyright Infringement For Publishing The State’s Own Laws
Two years ago, we wrote about the state of Georgia ridiculously threatening to sue Carl Malamud and his site Public.Resource.org for copyright infringement... for publishing an official annotated copy of the state's laws...
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Dead on the 4th of July: Time for a revolution in Philly crimefighting
Those pop-pop-pops you heard in Philly on July 4 may not have been fireworks. But there are ways to bring the murder rate and police brutality down at the same time.
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Supreme Court denies states’ request for proof of voter citizenship
The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case allowing states to require proof of citizenship for those applying to vote in federal elections, effectively upholding a lower court ruling against Kansas and Arizona.
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The Lonely American
Communal activities, from attendance at sporting events to civic organizations, have plummeted. We are isolated and have become hapless victims of corporate propaganda. We must reconnect to resist. By Chris Hedges.
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Mayday PAC’s Benjamin Singer Explains How You can Help Reform American Politics
Larry Lessig’s Mayday PAC is a SuperPac that is working to eliminate the inherent corruption of having a government run almost entirely by people who manage to raise -- or have their "non-connected" SuperPACs raise -- most of the money they need to run their campaigns... [Video]
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To old-school journalists everywhere: thank you
If we want the powerful held to account, we should care about the loss of journalists.
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Tea Party Has Best Campaign Finance Reform Idea Yet
Liberals always say we need to get money out of politics. But what if more money is the answer, not less?
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Whistleblowers Testify on High Risk of Retaliation They Face for Going to Congress
United States government whistleblowers, who have gone to Congress in the past, have had a hugely positive impact. However, often government employees, who blow the whistle on fraud, waste, abuse and other examples of wrongdoing to members of Congress, face great risk to their livelihoods. By Kevin Gosztola.
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Want to end mass incarceration? Stop blindly reelecting your local prosecutor
As crime dropped, US prosecutors locked up more people — and Americans kept reelecting them.
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The Body Cam Hacker Who Schooled the Police
This activist demanded millions of surveillance videos from the Seattle police. They handed him the data — and a job.
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The Dark Side of Police Reform
The costs and benefits of modern American policing have not been distributed evenly.
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Husband-and-wife scientists take on black muck clogging Chesapeake Bay
Using three experimental tanks at the Naval Academy, they’re attacking the gunk as if it were in a septic tank.
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Game theory’s cure for corruption
Seen through game theory, cancer and police corruption are pretty much the same thing. And for one of them, there’s a cure. By Suzanne Sadedin
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Court Vindicates Edward Snowden
The decision vindicates his contention that the NSA's metadata collection program is unlawful. (May 7, 2015)
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Who and what was Aaron Swartz?
Persecuted little guy, or powerful revolutionary – what sort of wunderkind was Aaron Swartz? By Ed Lake
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What Two Programmers Have Revealed So Far About Seattle Police Officers Who Are Still in Uniform
For most of their lives, Eric Rachner and Phil Mocek had no strong feelings about police. Mocek, who grew up in Kansas, said he regarded police officers as honorable civil servants, like firefighters...
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Few Conservatives Take Police Abuses Seriously
There is overwhelming evidence of widespread civil-rights violations and unlawful brutality. Yet the movement's reflex is still to ignore or deny the problem. By Conor Friedersdorf
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