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Surveillance and Resistance in the Borderlands

Feb 03 2022
By Ana Muñiz, author of Borderland Circuitry: Immigration Surveillance in the United States and BeyondThe passage below is an adapted excerpt from Borderland Circuitry.I’ve loved the land for as long as I can remember. I grew up in the Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona, a stunning place kni
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Police body cameras can be a positive accountability tool, but they can also invade our privacy.

May 28 2021
By Bryce Clayton Newell, author of Police Visibility: Privacy, Surveillance, and the False Promise of Body-Worn CamerasPolice body-worn cameras do have the potential to make police work, including misconduct and police violence, more visible. However, they can also lead to significant invasions
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How May Day 1930 Hastened Myles Horton’s Radical Labor Activism

May 01 2021
By Stephen Preskill, author of Education in Black and White: Myles Horton and the Highlander Center's Vision for Social JusticeMay Day in 1930 America was a dismal affair. In the first months of the year, the United States, like much of the rest of the world, was sinking into a deep economic dep
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