A new group of over 50 doctors around the United States is calling for the legalization of marijuana, not only for medical use but for recreational purposes. The nonprofit organization, Doctors for Cannabis Regulation (DFCR), is the first national medical organization to advocate total legalization, backing up their goal with sound arguments about the failures of Read More…
Domestic Policy
Domestic policy are administrative decisions which are directly related to all issues and activity within a nation’s borders. It differs from foreign policy, which refers to the ways a government advances its interests in world politics. Domestic policy covers a wide range of areas, including business, education, energy, health care, law enforcement, money and taxes, natural resources, social welfare, and personal rights and freedoms.
$1,400,000,000,000: Oxfam Exposes the Great Offshore Tax Scam of US Companies
“We can’t go on with a situation where the rich and powerful are not paying their fair share of tax, leaving the rest of us to foot the bill.” Using an “opaque and secretive network” of subsidiaries in tax havens, top American corporations have stashed $1.4 trillion offshore, a new report from Oxfam shows. With Read More…
Whistleblower Says CIA Behind Panama Papers Leak
A former Swiss banker-turned-whistleblower has accused the CIA of playing a key role the Panama Papers leak, which implicated numerous foreign leaders, companies, organizations and individuals in offshore tax evasion, among other offenses. Bradley Birkenfeld, a former American banker for Swiss firm UBS, toldCNBC “the CIA I’m sure is behind this, in my opinion,” in an Read More…
A Senator Went on 60 Minutes Claiming the 9/11 Attackers “Had Support from Within the US”
(TFTP) Underneath the visitors’ center in the United States Capitol is a secure room where the House Intelligence Committee stores highly classified files. In that room is a file titled “Finding, Discussion and Narrative Regarding Certain Sensitive National Security Matters.” It is twenty-eight pages long and it contains apparently damning information on the events leading up to the Read More…
Seizing the American Dream: A Sad Tale of Civil Asset Forfeiture
Imagine for a moment if you will, that you are an aspiring college student, and life is a struggle; a balancing act of working multiple jobs in order to help your family, while trying to set aside money for your own education; knowing that if you do not push yourself past normal limits, college will be a Read More…
Panama Papers: Leaks Selected by Corporate Institutions
When diving into the recent multi-terabyte leak that is sweeping the globe in a media frenzy, what has been dubbed the “Panama Papers,” it takes a very brief amount of research to find a wide variety of discrepancies and various information “loose ends” within the papers. To dive right into this, the first major red Read More…






