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ICE Will No Longer Release Pregnant Immigrants From Detention
The new policy for automatic deportation or indefinite detention would reverse previous guidelines.
Supreme Court Sides With Cops Who “Shoot First and Think Later”
The doctrine of qualified immunity has been repeatedly invoked to quash litigation brought against police officers.
Democracy Should Not Be Suppressed by Tear Gas
How a weapon of war got approved for police use.
Let’s Imagine a National Organizing Effort to Challenge Mass Incarceration
Prisons and policing sustain US capitalism.
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Authoritarian Funnies: Kettling
After Georgia Tech Police-Perpetrated Shooting of Non-Binary Student, Atlanta Police Crack Down on Student Dissent
Activists say the goal is to chill dissent not only at Georgia Tech but at campuses across the U.S.
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Setting the Stage to Commit a Massacre in Gaza
Progressive Pick excerpt from historian Ilan Pappe's “The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories.”
Will Judge Overturn Arpaio Pardon?
Trump's Arpaio pardon is unconstitutional, lawyers say.
Trump’s Arpaio Pardon Signals to White Supremacists: “I’ve Got Your Back“
Arpaio and Trump share the same racism and contempt for the law.
After $15 Million Verdict, Lawyers Representing Police Murder Victim Leonard Thomas Speak Out
This month, a jury awarded the family of Leonard Thomas — an unarmed Fife resident fatally shot by police in 2013 — $15 million.