Right-Wing Security Risk and "Game Over" Security is their favorite theme because they can divert the masses from the fact that their economic and social policy is directed against their material interests. The collapse of the global casino is comparable to an avalanche. We are now in the first stage. The message of the global financial sector is clear. The casino closes its doors. The game is over....
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 3:23AM
100% of Congress Approves Anti-Nicaragua Sanctions, HR1918 All members of Congress in both houses, Democrats and Republicans together, approved the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act of 2017, HR1918 (NICA), placing sanctions on the democratically elected government of Nicaragua which is fighting CIA sponsored gangsters, with the last vote taken in the Senate on November 27, 2018 and in the House on December 11, 2018. See https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1918...
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 12:49AM
Public housing and Section 8 tenants face eviction and homelessness for medical marijuana Oakland has 13,586 units in its Section 8 inventory, 2,122 units in its low rent inventory, plus thousands of tenants being publicly assisted in rental units in Oakland operated by nonprofit housing developers that may be threatened with eviction if they are caught using medical marijuana....
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 4:29PM
After Surviving Several Attempts On My Life Safer but not out of the woods...
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 2:29PM
Caravan Seeks Safety from Murder and Poverty The caravan is being harassed with tear gas....
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 1:57PM
Keep Them Here: A Brief Discussion of Temporary Protected Status This is a brief discussion of the situation that TPS recipients are going through....
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 1:02PM
Winter 2018 National Immigrant Solidarity Network News Alert! Hey Trump: 'Tear Gassing Children Is Outrageous and Inhumane!...
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 10:05AM
Your Responsibility to Climate Change What we have is a rogue economic system that threatens the future quality of our natural environment and our survival. We have no choice but to fight against extinction....
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 8:52AM
Senate Hears Bill to Shoot or Evict Native Elk From California National Park WASHINGTON, December 11, 2018 — A Senate subcommittee Wednesday will consider legislation to allow native tule elk to be shot or removed from California’s Point Reyes National Seashore, the only national park where these elk exist....
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 4:36PM
Driven to Consumption and Money out of Nothing Growth originally created a material prosperity about which earlier generations could only dream. However, more economic growth does not lead to people being happier anymore. We are prisoners of a system that forces us to permanent growth. Banks create credits at the touch of a button, wages stagnate, schools decay and Goldman Sachs is in the government. Who benefits from this?...
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:48AM
Fed Says College Students Have More Debt than Previous Generations A study released from the Federal Reserve Board notes that 70 percent of college students are graduating with more than $37,000 in debt....
Posted: Fri Dec 7, 2018 7:05AM
A Problem That Needs Our Attention: The Elderly Living In Isolation The elderly are living in social isolation. The isolation causes health problems which may shorten their lives. We as community members must support the elderly by volunteering or simply being compassionate and saying hello....
Posted: Wed Dec 5, 2018 12:26PM
Immigration in the U.S. Today A brief look into immigration and how the current administration has affected it....
Posted: Wed Dec 5, 2018 11:34AM
Widening Gap Between Political Parties Leaves Room for Independent Party Popularity This article looks at the widening gap between the bipartisan government we have created, and the stresses this puts on American citizens. Then it brings into question the ability for Americans to turn to Independent parties to find a more appropriate middle ground for their personal beliefs....
Posted: Mon Dec 3, 2018 3:55PM
"We live in a time of radical counter-enlightenment" Political struggle always means the struggle over the definitional power and appropriation of the world. For decades, neoliberalism has carried out a redistribution project against the majority of the population. This neoliberal project is only possible when the democratic substance is dismantled or neutralized. More and more people recognize the rupture between ideology and reality....
Posted: Mon Dec 3, 2018 3:39AM
Food Advertising Undermining Healthy Food Advocates People are concerned abut the rising rates of unhealthy people in America. They turn to eating habits and lack of exercise to explain these rising concerns. However, as we try to change eating habits by implamenting rules such as the Healthy- Hunger free kids Act of 2010 to target children, or rising sugary beverage tax, food advertising continues to persuade the public what to eat. Are we truly doing the best we can or should we change the way food advertisements promote food?...
Posted: Sun Dec 2, 2018 9:21PM
Department of Justice Gives Green Light to Laureate Education to Continue Corruption The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided to close its corruption case against Laureate International Universities. This action will embolden Laureate as it continues to profit from colleges in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and other countries with questionable human rights records....
Posted: Sat Dec 1, 2018 2:18PM
The Death of Small Businesses in Big Cities, Explained Not even shopping locally can save your favorite mom-and-pop — the problem is much, much bigger than that.
The legendary punk record store Bleecker Bob’s in 2008. The store closed in 2013 due to high rents and was replaced by a frozen yogurt chain....
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 7:39AM
Mexican Government Demands Investigation After U.S. Fires Tear Gas At Asylum Seekers The Mexican government is demanding a full investigation after U.S. border authorities fired tear gas Sunday into a crowd of Central American asylum seekers on November 25. Pedro Rios, the director of the American Friends Service Committee’s U.S./Mexico Border Program, witnessed the incident from the U.S. side....
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:12PM
Trump Moves to Open Alaska Wilderness to More Oil Leasing New Plan Could Remove Wildlife Protections From Western Arctic...
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 12:03PM