Syria — Bassel Khartabil Safadi is a Palestinian-Syrian software developer who was detained during a wave of arrests in Damascus in 2012. In October 2015, Bassel’s family and friends received the sinister news that the peaceful activist’s name was no longer on the register of the prison where he was supposedly being held. His wife, human Read More…
Constitutional Rights
Police Shoot Man in the Back as He Walked Away — Execute Him as He Crawled for His Life
Lynwood, CA – A video of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies gunning down a man, who had his back turned to them, is fanning the flames of protests and debate regarding law enforcement’s use of force. The short video, which was released yesterday, clearly shows 28-year-old walking away as police opened fire on him. After the Read More…
Lethal Force for All Who Resist
There is a fundamental difference between what has become standard operating procedure in the United States when attempting to apprehend a suspect who poses a possible threat, and what is advertised to the rest of the world as the fair and balanced American justice system. There is no question that police officers have a very dangerous job in which they Read More…
Stay the Course: The Fight For Marijuana Awareness
With the newly released statement from the Department of Justice, some feel the battle for marijuana legalization has been won, however the war for this country’s future is just beginning. The DOJ is claiming that it will allow states with strict cannabis laws in place to continue with their present course of marijuana sale and production, Read More…
5 Critical Stories the Mainstream Media Buried Under the Personal Life of Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen announced earlier this week on the Today show that he is HIV positive. Since that announcement, Sheen’s face has been plastered across newspapers, magazines, televisions and computer screens as the mainstream media obsesses over this single individual. Why this obsession with Charlie Sheen? His life is no more important than anyone else’s life, yet Read More…
Wake Up and Smell the Hypocrisy
A young girl was suspended for half of the 2014 school year due to some writings discovered inside her personal journal. Now despite the cannabis related topics that were the catalyst of the suspension, the fact that her personal journal was open to reproach by the school district should not sit well with those aware Read More…