Whistleblower: EPA Officials Covered Up Toxic Fracking Emissions for Years

‘The cover-up has allowed the industry to dig in for years of delay in cutting emissions—at the worst possible time’ Why has the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to take adequate action against dangerous methane emissions from the fracking industry? An environmental watchdog alleges that the answer may be a years-long, systematic cover-up of the true data Read More…

What Things Would Look Like If Only 100 People Lived On Earth

It’s easy to feel insignificant living on a planet of over 7 billion people, where the choices we make — what we do and what we don’t do —  are unlikely to ever impact the globe in a noticeable way. In my own view this couldn’t be further from the truth, but I can understand the mentality Read More…

Propaganda Bill In Congress Could Give America Its Very Own Ministry Of Truth

In the true Orwellian fashion now typifying 2016, a bill to implement the U.S.’ very own de facto Ministry of Truth has been quietly introduced in Congress — its lack of fanfare appropriate given the bill’s equally subtle language. As with any legislation attempting to dodge the public spotlight, however, the Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Read More…

US Airdrops Weapons to Syria

The U.S. just made the decision to airdrop weapons to the Syrian rebels now given the shiny new moniker of “Syrian Democratic Forces,” despite the fact that very recent history has shown that most of the airdropped weapons end up in the hands of ISIS. According to Al Jazeera, witnesses saw U.S. forces delivering the weapons directly to the Read More…

Made In America: How The US Dominates The World Arms Trade

Who says nothing is made in the USA anymore? Certainly not the well-heeled denizens of the State Department’s diplomatic corps. And they should know. That’s because they’re stationed on the front lines of the ongoing battle to preserve Uncle Sam’s dominant market share of the global weapons trade. Luckily for the Military-Industrial Complex, it turns Read More…

The Questionable Science Behind Zika, Microcephaly, & the CDC 

With the CDC’s recent announcement of the first case of microcephaly related to Zika virus in the United States, and their latest stance that “concludes Zika causes microcephaly and other birth defects,” it is becoming increasingly important for individuals to do their own research about these diseases–and not take the CDC’s word for it.  In Read More…