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americanaffairsjournal.org
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| | | | | From the perspective of an outside observer, one of the most striking features of the American discourse over race relations is how insular it is. Slavery is often spoken of as though it were a uniquely "American curse," or an "original sin," the legacy of which has been transmitted to each subsequent generation in the... | |
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mattlakeman.org
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| | | | | I spent a week in Trinidad and Tobago (which I'll call "TT"), mostly in Port of Spain (the capital) and the northern mountain region of Trinidad. My major source this time is the Area Handbook for Trinidad and Tobago commissioned by the U.S. Army in 1975 (which I'll refer to as the "Handbook"). If I... | |
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www.schneier.com
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| | | | | The New York City police will begin randomly searching people's bags on subways, buses, commuter trains, and ferries. "The police can and should be aggressively investigating anyone they suspect is trying to bring explosives into the subway," said Christopher Dunn, associate legal director at the New York Civil Liberties Union. "However, random police searches of people without any suspicion of wrongdoing are contrary to our most basic constitutional values. This is a very troubling announcement." If the choice is between random searching and profiling, then random searching is a more effective security countermeasure. But Dunn is correct above when he says that there are some enormous trade-offs in liberty. And I don't think we're getting very much security... | |
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crimethinc.com
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| | | An analysis of three weeks of revolt in response to the murder of George Floyd and a collection of accounts from participants all around the US. | ||
