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![A security camera is seen on top of a pole on McAllister and Larkin Streets in San Francisco, California, on May 13, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0123_security-camera-400x300.jpg)
Democratic Senators Ask DOJ If Facial Recognition Tech Violates Civil Rights Act
“We are deeply concerned that facial recognition technology may reinforce racial bias,” the letter to the DOJ reads.
![An outreach worker delivers supplies to people living in a homeless camp on December 23, 2022, in Louisville, Kentucky.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0117-kentucky-400x300.jpg)
Kentucky GOP’s New Bill Decriminalizes Use of Deadly Force Against the Unhoused
"I'm just ashamed that this bill even came into fruition,” a Lexington council member said.
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Challenging the Criminalization of Trauma Survivors
The criminal legal system traumatizes survivors. Noncarceral alternatives are key to breaking the cycle of violence.
![Two ICE soldiers sit in a motorboat near barbed wire buoys](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0110-ice-razor-wire-400x300.jpg)
ICE May Get Its Largest Budget Ever, Signaling Surveillance Capitalism’s Triumph
The Biden administration is expanding the surveillance of immigrants to unprecedented levels.
![A protester holds a sign naming Nicholas Lee as a victim of Chicago policing during an outdoor demonstration](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2023_0103-cpd-400x300.jpg)
Chicago Police Department Perpetuates Its Violence by Punishing Whistleblowers
Police violence is not about “good apples” and “bad apples” -- it is structural.
![Bob Dylan performs onstage at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois, on October 17, 1978.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-156038135-400x300.jpg)
Newly Uncovered Documents Reveal the FBI’s Campaign Against Bob Dylan
The US impulse toward repression didn't die with the Cold War, as current attempts to suppress support for Gaza show.
![Three police cars are parked in a fenced lot next to a building.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1004376006-scaled.jpg)
Alabama Among States With Most Severe Restrictions on Accessing Bodycam Footage
Alabama's restrictions on body-camera footage often bars families of those killed by police from seeing what happened.
![Demonstrators holding Palestinian flags and banners, gather to stage a demonstration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 23, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1870881566-400x300.jpg)
When Abolitionists Say “Free Them All,” We Mean Palestine Too
We must fight militarism and oppression abroad as fiercely as we do at home.
![President Joe Biden listens to a question shouted from the press as he arrives at the White House on December 19, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1226-joe-biden-g-400x300.jpg)
GOP Lawmakers in 3 States Seek to Dubiously Deem Biden an Insurrectionist
While it's evident to many why Trump could be deemed an insurrectionist, the lawmakers' claims on Biden are murkier.
![Police officers watch as Cop City protesters approach the Lewis R. Slaton Courthouse ahead of an expected indictment of former President Donald Trump in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 14, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1219-cop-city-400x300.jpg)
A Federal Court Will Decide Whether Atlanta Voters Could Have a Say on Cop City
This could be a test case for citizen ballot initiatives in Atlanta, and possibly across the state.