Women detained at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, Louisiana, have been put on a communications lockdown after internal protests in response to a possible case of tuberculosis among the detained population, a lack of prompt medical treatment, and poor communication about their immigration cases.Six women at the private immigration facility, which is run by the prison conglomerate GEO Group on behalf of U.

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ICE Locks Down Facility as Women Protest Handling of Possible Tuberculosis Case

Bright red blood gushed through Daniel Campelo da Silva’s fingers, staining his otherwise immaculate white polo shirt. He was out buying work supplies on May 29 in the northeastern Brazilian city of Recife. Peaceful protests against far-right President Jair Bolsonaro were sweeping Brazil, and da Silva was walking into one, unaware that riot police would soon, without warning, violently crack down.

Bolsonaro Ramps Up Crackdown on Dissent With Tough Brazil Election Looming

The bill would create a new crime called “food operation trespass,” in yet another attempt to penalize activists for uncovering conditions at factory farms.

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Iowa Quietly Passes Its Third Ag-Gag Bill After Constitutional Challenges

If you have an iPhone or iPad you’re planning to give away or recycle, you’ll of course want to make sure that any sensitive information on it is not recoverable.There is an official way to do this, and an unofficial one. This article focuses on the latter.But first, let’s go over the official route to wiping your device, which is ideal if it is an option for you.

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The newspaper's staff was recognized in the local reporting category for its work on the project, which was published between April and December of last year. Rising Waters documented how

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WBAL NewsRadio 1090/FM 101.5 - Dr. Susan Sherman, professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said prosecuting low-level crimes isn't the answer to reducing violent crime in Baltimore City.

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Public health expert says prosecuting low-level crimes isn't the answer to reducing violent crime in Baltimore City

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., participates in a panel in Clive, Iowa, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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This past week’s feeding frenzy on Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar — including by the Democratic leadership of the House of Representatives — should cause despair among anyone holding on to a faint hope that powerful Americans can discuss the world without engaging in childish lies.

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Political System Unites to Condemn Ilhan Omar for Telling the Truth

For decades, economic policymakers have viewed full employment as a scourge to be avoided at all costs, betokening as it does the grim spectre of inflation. If his words are to be believed, Joe Biden wants to break with that consensus and aim for full employment. Economist James Galbraith joins Ryan Grim to discuss.Transcript coming soon.The post Banishing the Ghosts of the Great Recession appeared first on The Intercept.

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