When a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Citizens United in 2010, it reshaped the political landscape by opening the floodgates to what is known as “dark money.” Unlimited amounts of secret cash can now be funneled to political candidates from entities posing as nonprofit organizations, and the public has no right to Read More…
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Proving ‘Just This Phone’ Canard, FBI to Help Unlock Other Apple Devices
Though the FBI claimed for months it was only concerned with unlocking the iPhone of the suspected San Bernardino shooter in its legal battle with Apple, the bureau just agreed to help Arkansas prosecutors break into an iPhone and iPod belonging to two murder suspects. “This case was never about one phone,” Evan Greer, campaign Read More…
Drilling-Induced ‘Frackquakes’ Threatening Millions Across Central US
Oil and gas drilling has made parts of the central United States as dangerous as the most earthquake-prone regions of California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), exposing millions of people to the risk of human-induced earthquakes, known as “frackquakes.” According to new maps released on Monday by the USGS, roughly 7 million people who Read More…
11-Year Old Entrepreneur Turns Lemonade Stand Into Million Dollar Deal With Whole Foods
With all the negativity circulating in the world today it is important to appreciate the positive whenever possible. This is one such story of a little girl who did not let the perception or age constraints in the world of business slow her down or even hinder her steps from acquiring a million dollar deal with Whole Foods Read More…
Human Experimentation Rampant in the United States
In an article in the New Republic in December, 1998, former UNSCOM leader Scott Ritter decried Iraq’s chemical and biological weapons experiments on human subjects. Wrote Ritter, We had received credible intelligence that 95 political prisoners had been transferred from the Abu Ghraib Prison to a site in western Iraq, where they had been subjected Read More…
Monsanto’s Glyphosate Found In All Wines Tested In Napa Valley, Even The Organic Ones
Monsanto has been under serious fire in the last few years as their products as well as their practices are continually revealed as not only harmful to humanity, but knowingly so. The Last American Vagabond recently reported on the 14 German beers that were found to contain glyphosate, which the World Health Organization recently labeled as Read More…






