Given the ongoing, ludicrous, and mostly fictional coverage of Ukraine in the American media that relentlessly depicts Vladimir Putin as an evil, crazed, aggressive,
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“Right to farm” amendment in MO: The invisible small print
You’re familiar with the classic situation of somebody who gets hoodwinked because they didn’t read the small print. Well, it looks like we’ve got
Alternative views on Ukraine and the downing of MH-17
For more credible views on current events, I look to independent scholars and independent investigative journalists who are not employed by corporate media, either
Dangerous beliefs: US moral superiority and our right to world hegemony
[by Madonna Gauding] In the windowless rooms of American corporate media, the assumption of U.S. hegemony is echoed on the alphabet TV channels and
Jackson, Mississippi rising
Six years after the 2008 economic meltdown, the overwhelming majority of people in the U.S. and the E.U are still struggling. Most people know
NYT Editorial Board ignores US role in destabilizing Ukraine
On Tuesday, April 29, 2014, The Editorial Board of the New York Times penned an opinion piece on Ukraine—“Not Getting Through to Mr. Putin.”
Scientific study concludes US is an oligarchy, not a democracy
We are so close to losing our democracy to the mercenary class, it’s as if we are leaning way over the rim of
U.S. corporations stashing $2 trillion in profits offshore
According to Huffington Post, corporations are keeping $2 trillion in offshore profits to avoid paying taxes. One of the many ways corporations enrich themselves is by
ATM fees rip off $19 million from California’s public-assistance recipients
Big banks lifted more than $19 million out of the wallets of poor people in California in 2012, by charging them unnecessarily high fees
Corporate interests behind U.S. backed coup in Ukraine
JP Sottile is a freelance journalist and former news producer in Washington , D.C. In a piece for Consortium News, “Corporate Interests Behind the