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The coalition of private corporations, the military, and the state apparatus creates the infrastructure for never-ending wars so U.S. capital continues flowing—and to allow for resources abroad to continue being extracted and exploited for capitalistic gain. Read more via Scalawag: Let Us Explain: 9/11.

It is a symbolic reminder that while men who created this vision for TDCJ might be dead, their practices will be condoned by the State of Texas and live on forever. Read more via Scalawag: The Cycle of State-Sponsored Censorship, Torture, and Repression in Texas Prisons.

We are kin, not by crime or country, but by the fierce, shared knowing that we were always more than where they tried to put us. Read more via Scalawag: Kindred.

More than an attack on individual freedom of expression, prison censorship in the 21st century takes aim at Our collective ability to organize and collectively resist the violence of the prison system that dehumanizes Us on the basis of a distinct form of class and national oppression. Read more via Scalawag: Empire of Censorship.

Now with facial scans and potential ID checks, this dataset could become even more powerful, not only in consumer sales, but also to a larger cash cow: governments bent on monitoring their populations. This could explain Match Group’s ties to Palantir. Read more via Scalawag: Dating Apps: Data Collection and Capitalizing on Connection.