Nestle Pays Only $524 to Extract 27,000,000 Gallons of California Drinking Water
By Claire Bernish Nestle has found itself more and more frequently in the glare of the California drought-shame spotlight than it would arguably care to…
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Half a Billion Wasted Because the Army is Jealous of the Air Force
By Claire Bernish U.S. Army and Air Force quibbling over their use of Predator drones led to yet another obscene waste of Pentagon funding to…
Forest Service Official Who Let Nestle Drain California Water Now Works for Them
By Claire Bernish An ongoing investigation by The Desert Sun into Nestle’s contentious bottled water operations in drought-stricken California first disclosed that the company’s permit…
Why You Need to Cover Your Webcam RIGHT NOW
By Claire Bernish Your computer’s built-in webcam is easy to take for granted if you don’t use if very often. But just because you don’t…
This Bill Will Finally End Cannabis Prohibition
By Claire Bernish A bill with bipartisan support introduced in Congress this week is finally tolling the death knell for cannabis prohibition. By removing a notorious…
This Music Festival Will Challenge the Two-Party System
By Claire Bernish The second annual United We Stand Festival is slated to take place at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles on September 19 from 5-10…
Is a Mandatory DNA Database for All Americans Coming Soon?
By Claire Bernish Although many thought the U.S. would see it first, mandatory DNA testing—for every citizen, foreign resident, and visitor—is now the law in…
FBI Throws Fit Because Encryption is Making it Too Hard to Spy on You
By Claire Bernish As if the government’s ubiquitous prying eyes weren’t intolerable enough already, now they’ve started complaining—rather, whining—about the difficulty of cracking end-to-end encryption…
Ethics Director Among Top Psychologists Who Aided CIA Torture and Cover-Up
By Claire Bernish An alarming recent report revealed not only that prominent psychologists colluded with the Department of Defense and CIA to create a framework…
US Breaches International Law in Afghanistan Causing Massive Protests
By Claire Bernish A breach of international law is just one aspect of the questionable circumstances of a recent raid conducted by U.S. forces in…
Facebook Can Now Identify You in Pictures Even Without Your Face Showing
By Claire Bernish It’s highly likely your friends could spot you in a crowd, even if your face were obscured or your back turned. Rather…
Colombian Army Murdered Thousands of Civilians with the Help of US Tax Dollars
By Claire Bernish A disturbing report published Wednesday by Human Rights Watch details how the Colombian military callously murdered thousands of innocent civilians and dressed…
The Pentagon’s New Law of War Manual is Chilling
By Claire Bernish Just when it seemed the government’s policy language couldn’t get any more paradoxical, self-justifying, and replete with inconsistencies, the Pentagon issued its…
US Senate Passes 2016 NDAA as the Country Mourns for Charleston
By Claire Bernish With the phenomenal ability to watch news unfold moment by moment comes the unspoken responsibility of vigilance—both in watching for distraction and…