Massive wealth just doesn't sit and wait. Eventually wealth corrupts democracy, no matter what. Read some of the ways how wealth does that in this in-depth article. ...[
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A Saudi court has sentenced blogger and activist Raif Badawi to 10 years in prison and 1000 lashes for insulting Islam. Amnesty International called him a prisoner of conscience who is guilty of nothing. ...[
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Britain's wealthiest people own a third of the country's GDP, with a combined fortune of 874 billion dollars, which is an increase of 15.4 percent on last year's total, according to an annual survey. ...[
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The highly secretive Bilderberg group is holding its 62nd annual conference in Denmark from May 29 to June 1 at the Copenhagen Marriott Hotel in Denmark. This year’s conference is a mingling of military-intelligence, politicians, finance, oil, media, ac ...[
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Trump was the perfect wrong play, wrong director, wrong cast. And he won. Springtime for Hitler is a hit. But something happened during the last month of this election. I suspect Clinton had it won after the first debate. So, how and why did the DNC clutc ...[
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Nancy Pelosi just gave Republicans another reason for celebration.
The newly elected House minority leader insisted Sunday that Dems aren’t looking for a “new direction” even after the bruising Election Day defeats and a GOP monopoly in Washington.
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IN 2010, President Obama directed the CIA to assassinate an American citizen in Yemen, Anwar al-Awlaki, despite the fact that he had never been charged with (let alone convicted of) any crime, and the agency successfully carried out that order a year late ...[
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The space rock, detected by the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System only three days before its remarkable flyby inside the lunar orbit, was Earth's third near-miss incident in just nine days, according to astronomers.
"It raises a few eyebr ...[
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The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has issued a warning to its members to stop psychoanalyzing US President Donald Trump, as it breaches the organization's ethics code. ...[
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In contrast to their reaction to other terrorist attacks, the authorities of Berlin and Paris didn't light up city landmarks in a show of solidarity with the victims, a decision which was greeted with disapproval by French and German citizens. ...[
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As Venezuela's fascist-minded oligarchy conspires with U.S. imperialism to overthrow the democratically elected government of Nicolas Maduro, few in the U.S. seem to care. ...[
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