AlterNet | If students fail to appear in court, or if their parents can’t afford to pay fines, then the state issues an arrest warrant for them when they turn 17.
USA News Archives
In Texas, Police in Schools Criminalize 300,000 Students Each Year
Dirty Justice: Pentagon conveniently ‘loses’ thousands of key legal defense docs for Gitmo detainees
21st Century Wire | After 12 years, the US establishment is still trying to tell a 9/11 fairy tale – what a hole they’ve dug themselves…
Black Woman Pretends to Be White, Job Offers Skyrocket
Unemployed black woman pretends to be white, job offers suddenly skyrocket
Did Washington put a press gagging order on Quantico Marine killings?
21st Century Wire | Incidents involving military or law enforcement personnel are all too often a closed shop.
Monsanto’s Next Target: Democracy
Alternet | The battle for food sovereignty is a battle we cannot afford to lose.
Obama Plans $195 Million in Renovation and New Construction at Guantánamo
Intellihub | President Barack Obama’s administration last week announced plans to spend $195 million on renovation and new construction there
US Soldier relives infamous WikiLeaks video
RT | We’ve heard the criticism from the public after the video was released. We’ve seen the government conduct a worldwide manhunt to find the people responsible for leaking the video.
Plutocracy in America
CounterPunch | The readiness of the country’s political class to ignore what has been happening, and the absence of remedial action that could have been taken, in themselves are clear indicators of who shapes thinking and determines public policy.
Obama Wants More Green Jobs? Let’s Start with Hemp
Alternet | Hemp could bring back sorely needed employment in the American heartland. But the drug warriors stand in the way.
Henningsen on RT: ‘North Korean nuclear threat to US is a bogus one’
RT | Whoever is shilling for the North Korean nuclear threat is out to score points, or just flat-out lying to the public.
North Korea: Beyond the cold war theatrics, is there really a nuclear threat to US?
Patrick Henningsen | The truth about North Korea is that they cannot launch a nuclear attack on the US.
15 yr old Girl Leaves Maryland Anti-Gun Politicians Speechless
YouTube | A 15 year old student crushes the logic of anti gun politicians in the Maryland.
Report: West Coast Children Hit With Thyroid Problems Following Fukushima
Intellihub | Still think that the Fukushima nuclear meltdown of 2011 never affected the US public?
The Forgotten Wounded of Iraq
Truthdig | Young men and women who have been wounded in the war in Iraq have been coming home now for almost three years, flooding veterans hospitals all across the country. Paraplegics, amputees, burn victims, the blinded and maimed, shocked and stunned, brain-damaged and psychologically stressed.
Why I Fear the Aryan Brotherhood—and You Should, Too
Daily Beast | Law enforcement officers may have a real problem on their hands. They’re being tight-lipped about it, but it’s something they should have been aware of for decades. They had to see it coming.
Prosecutor Cited Security As Reason For Withdrawing From Aryan Brotherhood Of Texas Case
TPM | Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Hileman, who has withdrawn from a large federal racketeering case against alleged members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas prison gang, cited “security reasons”
There’s a Whole Class of Treasonous ‘Intellectuals’ in America, Always Ready to Shill on Behalf of the Powerful
Alternet | The rewriting of history by the power elite was painfully evident as the nation marked the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War.
A Disastrous Year for Bees: ‘We Can’t Keep Them Alive’
New York Times | For America’s beekeepers, who have struggled for nearly a decade with a mysterious malady called colony collapse disorder that kills honeybees en masse, this past year was particularly bad.