Why Public Banks Are Suddenly Popular
[Community] Why Public Banks Are Suddenly Popular By Sarah Jones Posted October 11, 2018 Later this year, on the midterm ballot, voters in Los Angeles, California, will be asked an uncommon question: Should the city be to allowed to create a public bank? L.A.’s...Idemia: The Corporation Building Spy Grid in China, National ID in India Also Creates Drivers Licenses in the U.S.
[Community] Idemia: The Corporation Building Spy Grid in China, National ID in India Also Creates Drivers Licenses in the U.S. By Daniel Taylor Posted September 29, 2018 Company that helps manufacture U.S. citizens drivers licenses brags of “building and managing...Bad Chicago Cops Spread Their Misconduct Like a Disease
[Justice] Bad Chicago Cops Spread Their Misconduct Like a Disease by Rob Arthur Posted September 25, 2018 Because Chicago’s police complaints can list multiple officers at once, it’s possible to build a giant social network of police interactions. From 1972 to...A New Broadband Network Is Pitching Surveillance Enhancements to Cops Across the Country
[Justice] A New Broadband Network Is Pitching Surveillance Enhancements to Cops Across the Country by Simon Davis-Cohen Posted September 19, 2018 The latest technologies promise cops the ability to whip out a smartphone, take a snapshot of a passerby, and instantly...American Society Would Collapse If It Weren’t for These 8 Myths
[Social] American Society Would Collapse If It Weren’t for These 8 Myths by Lee Camp Posted September 13, 2018 Our society should’ve collapsed by now. You know that, right? No society should function with this level of inequality (with the possible exception of one of...Quotable Sayings
Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing tactics, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.
Mark Twain