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DOJ Seeks Privacy Act Exemptions for FBI’s Extensive Biometric Database
The rule change request opened a window for public comment, which has since been extended after 45 organizations signed onto a public letter expressing serious concerns.
As United Kingdom Mourns MP Jo Cox, Her Killer Is Linked to White Supremacy Groups
Britain is in a state of mourning after a rising star in the British Parliament died Thursday.
Democratic Gun Control Filibuster Leaves Advocates Skeptical: “We Could Be Asking for a Lot More”
Senate Democrats took the chamber floor for a nearly 15-hour filibuster for stricter gun control legislation.
Hundreds Accuse Trump of Failing to Pay for Their Work
Former employees and contractors have accused Donald Trump and his businesses of failing to pay them for their work.
This Foreign Firm Wants to Break Into the US “Market” of Detaining Refugee Women and Children
British-owned Serco was just given the green light to negotiate the opening of a family immigrant detention center in Texas.
Pennsylvania Community Defeats Nestlé’s Attempt to Privatize Its Water
Citing local opposition, Nestle has abandoned its plans to extract millions of gallons of water from a Pennsylvania aquifer.
Platform Cooperativism: What Is It?
Yochai Benkler, author of “The Wealth of Networks,” says socially produced value could be used for the common good.
“Nothing for Other People”: Class War in the United States
Demands for independence continue to burrow not far from the surface, ready to reappear when awakened by circumstances and militant activism.
The Pentagon’s Real Strategy: Keeping the Money Flowing
The latest nuclear buildup is only the most glaring example of the present bow wave that is guaranteed to grow to monumental proportions.
Land Grabs Soar, Worsening Land Conflicts and Climate Change
The global farmland grab is “expanding to new frontiers and intensifying conflict around the world,” international campaigners said in a new report.