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• Locked Inside a Freezing Federal Jail, They United to Protest Their Conditions — Only to Face Reprisals February 16, 2019
  In some units where incarcerated people protested, the toilets were shut off — leaving them sleeping next to their own feces. The post Locked Inside a Freezing Federal Jail, They United to Protest Their Conditions — Only to Face Reprisals appeared first on The Intercept.
• Jair Bolsonaro Praised the Genocide of Indigenous People. Now He’s Emboldening Attackers of Brazil’s Amazonian Communities. February 16, 2019
  Invasions of Indigenous territories by land grabbers have spiked since Bolsonaro took office and immediately rolled back federal protections. The post Jair Bolsonaro Praised the Genocide of Indigenous People. Now He’s Emboldening Attackers of Brazil’s Amazonian Communities. appeared first on The Intercept.
• Ricardo Vélez tem razão: não existe ‘universidade para todos’ no Brasil February 16, 2019
  Mas o motivo real é a dificuldade de acesso pelos mais pobres. The post Ricardo Vélez tem razão: não existe ‘universidade para todos’ no Brasil appeared first on The Intercept.
• A patrulha de fronteira dos EUA: um culto à violência desde 1924 February 16, 2019
  Pode-se dizer que a Patrulha de Fronteira dos EUA, desde sua criação, é o órgão mais politizado e abusivo da área de segurança pública em âmbito federal. The post A patrulha de fronteira dos EUA: um culto à violência desde 1924 appeared first on The Intercept.
• The Supreme Court Will Decide if Census Citizenship Question Is Legal. Democrats Should Also Work to Block It. February 15, 2019
  House Democrats should use their oversight power to expose the Trump administration’s nefarious reasons for asking about citizenship on the 2020 census. The post The Supreme Court Will Decide if Census Citizenship Question Is Legal. Democrats Should Also Work to Block It. appeared first on The Intercept.

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Inovation

• Can old-fashioned journalism combat fake news?
  News-rating start-up NewsGuard hopes to take a traditional approach against online misinformation, by using actual humans, not algorithms, to create 'nutrition labels' for news outlets and other websites.
• Germany rules against Facebook in data-mining case
  German authorities ruled Thursday that Facebook can no longer use a person's data from other sites to inform their advertisements while on Facebook, a move that – should Facebook lose its popular appeal – could have wide-ranging implications for the platform in Europe.
• Apple to fix FaceTime bug that permits eavesdropping
  Apple is tackling a FaceTime glitch just as the company stresses its commitment to user privacy. The company has already disabled the troublesome group-chat function, and is expected to produce a software update later this week.
• An old-school solution to identity theft
  The digital age has opened doors for consumers – and identity thieves. A group of financial security experts wants to empower users to guard their identity by honing an existing tool: the Social Security number.
• In rural America, state laws warp high-speed internet access
  Mississippi relies heavily on electric cooperatives, which aim to bridge the digital divide between rural and urban America with millions of new federal dollars meant to expand high-speed internet. But a 77-year-old law could block access to broadband for one of the poorest states.

Politics

• Trial by fire? Pelosi proves she’s still in the game
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi weathered a storm of criticism before the midterms, including from Democrats. Now her experience has paid off in facing down the president, polishing her image nationally and at home. 
• Will Democrats’ leftward drift hurt their chances in 2020?
  Many candidates are embracing sweeping liberal policies that would have been considered extreme just a few years ago. But in picking a nominee, Democratic voters may prioritize electability.
• House uses war-making power, hoping to force Yemen troop withdrawal
  Invoking a decades-old resolution, the House passed a bill Wednesday that would force the Trump administration to withdraw US troops from Yemen – a rebuke of the administration's foreign policy and a sign that attitudes might be shifting in Washington.
• US, China envoys seek compromise ahead of Trump tariff decision
  Trade talks continue this week between the United States and China, the outcome of which will help decide whether President Trump will raise tariffs on Chinese imports to slow the spread of their technologies – the latest move in an ongoing struggle for power in the global market.
• ‘All hands on deck’: Can public-private solutions solve Calif. housing crisis?
  A $500 million investment fund in the San Francisco Bay Area, bankrolled by Facebook and other tech companies, plans to produce 8,000 affordable housing units and preserve another 175,000.