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The Microsoft Police State: Mass Surveillance, Facial Recognition, and the Azure Cloud

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Microsoft helps police surveil and patrol communities through its own offerings and a network of partnerships — while its PR efforts obscure this.

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“We Need a Radical Reconstruction of This System”: In Boston, a Black Colombian Scientist Protests Against the Racism Pandemic

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“Everyone is rallying to find a vaccine for this virus. But for so long, no one cared to find a vaccine for the racial pandemic,” said health care scientist Hugo Caicedo.

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Banks Stand to Make $18 Billion in PPP Processing Fees From CARES Act

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Campaign Workers Just Ratified a Union Contract

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In New Ad, Anti-Monopoly Group Hits Rep. Richie Neal Over Blackstone Ties, Corporate Tax Cuts

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A Bail Reform Tool Intended to Curb Mass Incarceration Has Only Replicated Biases in the Criminal Justice System

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Kentucky was an early adopter of risk assessments in an effort to release more people without bail. But the algorithms are reproducing systemic inequities.

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Amazon, FedEx Workers Fought Exploitation in a Pandemic, Then Joined an Uprising

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How essential workers made demands in a public health crisis and linked their struggle with the Black Lives Matter movement.

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The Revolutionary Life of Paul Robeson: Scholar Gerald Horne on the Great Anti-Fascist Singer, Artist, and Rebel

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