Too Poor to Make Bail? They’ll Cage You for That: Lawsuit Exposes Horrors of the US InJustice System
By Lily Dane A Texas jail has been caging people who are too poor to afford bail, according to a new lawsuit. Harris County Jail –…
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Someone Demonstrated the True Value of Votes … by Throwing Them in a Dumpster
By Lily Dane The hysteria of election season (which seems to be perpetual these days) is in full swing, and there’s nothing like it to…
TSA Whistleblowers: Agency Has “Lord of the Flies” Culture With “Bully Bosses
By Lily Dane Travelers aren’t the only ones who are tired of being bullied by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA): whistleblowers are speaking out now, too. Today,…
Only Half of Americans Realize Election System Is Rigged
By Lily Dane “In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.” – Unknown, commonly misattributed to…
Man Harassed and Fined for Planting Vegetables in His Own Yard
By Lily Dane A family in Sugar Creek, Missouri grew the beautiful vegetable garden in the photo above. They’ve been given four days to tear…
Court Scolds Maryland Cops for Stingray Use, Issues Landmark Decision on Surveillance
By Lily Dane In what civil liberties and privacy advocates are calling a landmark decision, Maryland’s second-highest court has handed down the first appellate opinion…
Whistleblower Reveals DOD and DEA Wasted $86 Million On Useless Plane
By Lily Dane In 2008, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) spent nearly $8.6 million on an ATR 42-500 aircraft (ATR 500) to support its counter-narcotics…
WikiLeaks Releases Audio Exposing Multi-Billion Dollar Fraud With Links to White House
By Lily Dane Another day, another scandal… Whistleblowing organization WikiLeaks has published classified transcripts and audio files that appear to reveal massive fraud with ties…
Someday, Your Car Might Kill You to Save Others
By Lily Dane Someday, in addition to transporting you all over town without much input from you, your car may decide if you should live…
Will a Robot Take Your Job? This Calculator Estimates the Odds
By Lily Dane Technological innovation has benefited humanity in innumerable ways. It has allowed us to discover other planets, replace damaged hearts, print three-dimensional objects…
No Permit, No Lemonade: Kids Shut Down by Bully Government
By Lily Dane Remember when you were a kid, and summer came, and you and your siblings or friends decided it would be fun to…
CA Vaccine Bill Passes Health Committee, Heads to Full Assembly for Final Vote
By Lily Dane California is going full totalitarian, but is anyone surprised? The state’s controversial and tyrannical mandatory vaccine bill has jumped another hurdle on…
Kalief Browder, Jailed at Rikers as a Teen for 3 Years Without Trial, Kills Himself
By Lily Dane Kalief Browder, the young man who was held for years in New York’s Rikers Island prison as a teen without trial or conviction,…
Eyes in the Sky: FBI Is Operating Fleet of Surveillance Planes
By Lily Dane Not only is the FBI operating it’s own little air force of surveillance planes, the agency created at least thirteen fictitious companies…