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Does Having Children Make You Unhappy?
Statistics show that parents are less happy than the average population. In the April edition of the online Journal of the British Psychological Association, researcher Nattavudh Powdthavee, of the University of York in Great Britain (whose own academic w ...[Read more]
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SOPA-Inspired Bill Introduced by US Government; Allows Feds & Companies to Bypass Every Single Existing Law
Entitled The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 3523), which was brought into Congress by Rep. Mike Rogers and Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, the bill, if passed, will effectively give the feds and select companies to bypass laws that ...[Read more]
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Spain’s Indignados and globalization of dissent
"Before Adbusters called on activists to Occupy Wall Street, thousands of Spaniards set up camp in Madrid ...[Read more]
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26 Corporations still pay nothing in federal taxes despite $205 billion in pretax U.S. profits
Citizens for Tax Justice last year found that 30 major corporations which had made billions of dollars in profits while paying no federal income tax between 2008 and 2010. Republican candidate Rick Santorum stated that Corporate tax rates should be lowere ...[Read more]
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6 Things Rich People Need to Stop Saying
David Wong of cracked.com has hilarious things to say about rich people, and their reaction to poor people. "...All of a sudden, it's like you can't make huge amounts of money without people getting all pissed off about it. And it's only going to get wor ...[Read more]
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US House passes Internet censorship, spying and surveillance bill
CISPA, a 'cybersecurity bill' that encompasses all that SOPA had tried to do but couldnt, have passed US house today. The bill gives endless powers to private corporations on taking 'any measure they deem necessary' to 'protect their networks and copyrig ...[Read more]
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Afghan tension:
RT: Just a week after Obama visited Afghanistan to confirm his future commitment to the country, we have yet more news of civilian deaths at the hands of the US military. Just how strong do you think this partnership really is? Ahmed Quraishi: I think p ...[Read more]
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Jailing Americans for Profit: The Rise of the Prison Industrial Complex
"Mass incarceration on a scale almost unexampled in human history is a fundamental fact of our country today -- perhaps the fundamental fact, as slavery was the fundamental fact of 1850. In truth, there are more black men in the grip of the criminal-justi ...[Read more]
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Robert Reich Debunks 6 Big GOP Lies About The Economy
Is Social Security a Ponzi scheme as Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry claims? Noted author and former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich debunks that claim and five other lies the right-wing tells about taxes, government and the economy. The ...[Read more]
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Eating Monsanto GMO Corn Can “Turn Your Gut into a Living Pesticide Factory”
A site that specializes in natural health, Mercola.com, contends that Monsanto may be poisoning us with each ear of corn we eat. According to the charges, A new generation of insect larvae is eating the roots of genetically engineered corn intended to b ...[Read more]
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American Spring: The Documentary – Part II
Part 2 of documentary : "American Spring" Even the cold early spring of 2012 could not deter Occupy Wall Street (OWS) activists in New York city. People from different backgrounds continue to come out onto the streets. The agenda driving all the protest ...[Read more]
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