A Child Is Killed or Maimed Every Four Hours in War-Torn Yemen
By Claire Bernish A child has been killed or maimed every four hours in the year since Saudi-led airstrikes began in Yemen — a sevenfold…
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Here’s The New Research That Finally Tells The Truth About The War On Drugs
By Claire Bernish A crucial new study says the ubiquitous and dubious war on drugs has, in actuality, been detrimental to public health — and…
Former Bush Official Just Confirmed That Our Wars Are for Corporate Interests
By Claire Bernish “I think Smedley Butler was onto something,” Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former George W. Bush administration heavyweight, told Salon in an exclusive interview….
CIA Caught Taking Naked Photos of Detainees BEFORE Torturing Them to Prove They Weren’t Tortured
By Claire Bernish A new report from the Guardian says the “CIA took naked photographs of people it sent to its foreign partners for torture.”…
Hawai`i May Become First State in US To Decriminalize All Drugs
By Claire Bernish Following Portugal’s model, Hawai`i could become the first state in the U.S. to decriminalize all drugs — including cocaine and even heroin. “[D]espite…
US Backing Saudi-Led War Crimes Against Civilians In Yemen
By Claire Bernish Ramping up a bombing campaign the U.N. believes might constitute war crimes, the Saudi-led, U.S.-allied coalition carried out a number of airstrikes…
In the Wake of Brussels Attack, US Quietly Admits to Their Own Act of Terror that Killed 42
By Claire Bernish While the world’s attention zeroed in on the attacks in Brussels, the U.S. made a stunning admission of responsibility for an attack…
Fed Employee Gets Measly $2K Fine For Stealing Secrets and Giving Them to Goldman Sachs
By Claire Bernish A former Fed employee received less than a slap on the wrist for sharing confidential documents from the Federal Reserve Bank of…
Over Half of Americans Now in Favor of Recreational Cannabis
By Claire Bernish It’s official: more Americans now support the legal, recreational use of cannabis than those who feel prohibition should continue. In fact, 52…
Ireland to Prosecute Top Banker Who Destroyed Their Economy — Guess Where He Was Hiding
By Claire Bernish A former head of a major Irish bank has been extradited from the U.S. and brought before Dublin District Court to face…
Someone Started A Petition to Change the US National Anthem to “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath
Op-Ed by Claire Bernish As U.S. election politics plummet rapidly toward a nadir in vanishing ethics, fear-mongering, and tabloid-esque rhetoric, it shouldn’t escape headlines that…
Media Silent as US Announces Unprecedented Move to End Drug War
By Claire Bernish Slipping by virtually unnoticed, the United States made a surprising move last week toward entirely ending the contentious and wholly ineffective War…
New Study Shows Even If Cops Commit a Crime on Video, 96% of the Time they Aren’t Prosecuted
By Claire Bernish Police in the United States managed to escape prosecution when facing allegations they violated civil rights an incredible 96 percent of the…
Why You Should Still Be Paying Attention to Fukushima 5 Years Later
By Claire Bernish March 11th marks the five-year anniversary of one of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history, which triggered an unprecedented melange of disasters…