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How the NSA
Plans to Recruit Your Teenagers
Andrew Jerell Jones, The Intercept
Jones writes: "Kids across America no longer have to wait until college to plan on being a part of the National Security Agency. In fact, they could start preparing for their NSA careers as early as age 13."
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Andrew Jerell Jones, The Intercept
Jones writes: "Kids across America no longer have to wait until college to plan on being a part of the National Security Agency. In fact, they could start preparing for their NSA careers as early as age 13."
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George Packer
| The Filmmaker Snowden Trusted
George Packer, The New Yorker
Packer writes: "Poitras was the first person to learn of Snowden's trove of files, in early 2013, and for months it remained their secret. From the beginning, the language of their correspondence was heightened. Snowden wrote to Poitras, 'You asked why I chose you. I didn't. You chose yourself.'"
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George Packer, The New Yorker
Packer writes: "Poitras was the first person to learn of Snowden's trove of files, in early 2013, and for months it remained their secret. From the beginning, the language of their correspondence was heightened. Snowden wrote to Poitras, 'You asked why I chose you. I didn't. You chose yourself.'"
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Why Are Police
Using Military-Grade Weapons in High Schools?
Molly Knefel, Rolling Stone
Knefel writes: "One stark example of that militarization was the revelation last month that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and school districts around the country have been receiving military-grade weapons through the federal Department of Defense's 1033 program. The program, which authorizes the transfer of excess Defense materials to federal, state and local agencies for law enforcement purposes, gained notoriety after protests in Ferguson, Missouri were met with a hyper-militarized response by the police."
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Molly Knefel, Rolling Stone
Knefel writes: "One stark example of that militarization was the revelation last month that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and school districts around the country have been receiving military-grade weapons through the federal Department of Defense's 1033 program. The program, which authorizes the transfer of excess Defense materials to federal, state and local agencies for law enforcement purposes, gained notoriety after protests in Ferguson, Missouri were met with a hyper-militarized response by the police."
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David Sirota |
How Big Brother Watches You With Metadata
David Sirota, Creators
Sirota writes: "What's worrisome, say privacy experts, is that we know all of this not from some special government sting operation but from publicly available data about millions of people's movements throughout New York City."
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David Sirota, Creators
Sirota writes: "What's worrisome, say privacy experts, is that we know all of this not from some special government sting operation but from publicly available data about millions of people's movements throughout New York City."
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Jim Wallis |
Ebola Is an Inequality Crisis
Jim Wallis, Sojourners
Wallis writes: "The current Ebola outbreak is much more than a public health crisis - it is an inequality crisis. People dying of Ebola in West Africa did not choose to be born in West Africa, any more than I chose to be born in the United States or my wife chose to be born in England."
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Jim Wallis, Sojourners
Wallis writes: "The current Ebola outbreak is much more than a public health crisis - it is an inequality crisis. People dying of Ebola in West Africa did not choose to be born in West Africa, any more than I chose to be born in the United States or my wife chose to be born in England."
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Senator Bernie
Sanders Is Investigating Drug Prices
Sanders.senate.gov
Excerpt: "U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today raised new questions about skyrocketing prices for prescription drugs, including a new treatment for Hepatitis C that costs more than $1,000 per pill, and what he calls 'staggering' price hikes for generic drugs."
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Sanders.senate.gov
Excerpt: "U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today raised new questions about skyrocketing prices for prescription drugs, including a new treatment for Hepatitis C that costs more than $1,000 per pill, and what he calls 'staggering' price hikes for generic drugs."
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Dr. Vandana
Shiva | Barriers to Sustainable Farming Put Burden on World's
Poor
Dr. Vandana Shiva, EcoWatch
Shiva writes: "The conflict between 'free trade' and food rights came to the fore again at the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations in September, when India did not back down from its stance that a permanent solution be found for food security issues before signing the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)."
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Dr. Vandana Shiva, EcoWatch
Shiva writes: "The conflict between 'free trade' and food rights came to the fore again at the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations in September, when India did not back down from its stance that a permanent solution be found for food security issues before signing the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)."
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