New Social Media Platform Dubbed ”The People’s Site” by Anonymous
By Claire Bernish Facebook may have finally met its match. By directly targeting the social media behemoth’s lack of messaging encryption, infamously opaque algorithms, and…
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Senate Votes to Ban Bush-Approved Torture Techniques
By Claire Bernish In a 78-21 vote, the Senate approved an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that bans inhumane and degrading torture—including waterboarding,…
Iceland Recovering Fastest in Europe After Jailing Bankers Instead of Bailing them Out
By Claire Bernish After Iceland suffered a heavy hit in the 2008-2009 financial crisis, which famously resulted in convictions and jail terms for a number…
UN Fails to Include Israel on Blacklist of Children’s Rights Violators
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How Corporate Media Whitewashed the EPA’s Fracking Study
By Claire Bernish The EPA released findings of its study on the impact of fracking on drinking water resources, but derelict reporting by corporate media…
Bush Era Law Could Get You 20 Years in Prison For Clearing Your Browser History
By Claire Bernish In 2002, President George W. Bush signed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act into law following the Enron and Worldcom scandals, in part, to prevent…
The Pentagon Doesn’t Know What it Spent 8.5 Trillion Dollars on
By Claire Bernish When government is completely dysfunctional and seems not to serve the people’s interests, we have to wonder where our tax dollars are…
US Pushing for Massive Trade Deal With Countries that Still Practice Slavery
By Claire Bernish When it comes to trade deals, nothing is more shrouded in secrecy or stitched together with contentious legislation than the Trans Pacific…
It’s About Time: New Bill Requires Police to Report All Shootings & Uses of Force
By Claire Bernish Legislation introduced Tuesday would bring desperately needed transparency — and possibly even accountability — to American policing. Senators Cory Booker and Barbara…
Why The Privatization Of America’s Police Is Such A Dangerous Trend
By Claire Bernish Though a potent effort to silence dissent is underway in the US, directly doing so would be a flagrant breach of constitutional…
Concealed Handguns on Campus May Soon Be Part of College Life in Texas
By Claire Bernish Texas lawmakers will now hash out their differences in a specially convened committee over “campus carry” legislation, which would require public universities…
NSA Forced to Stop Spying on Americans by Monday
By Claire Bernish After all the outrage and controversy since Edward Snowden made the program known to the world, the bulk collection of US phone…
Meet DARPA’s Airborne ”Death Ray”
By Claire Bernish An endless sea of money flowing into the field of military technology creates constant advancements in new and terrifying ways to die,…
Top Bush Era CIA Official Just Confirmed the Iraq War Was Based On Lies
By Claire Bernish Twelve years after George W Bush initiated the illegal invasion of Iraq, ostensibly under the premise of preemptive self-defense, a stark majority…