America is a plutocracy through and through — what are we going to do about it?   Alternet  Plutocracy literally means rule by the rich. “Rule” can have various shades of meaning: those who exercise the authority...

AlterNet Click here to view the embedded video. ‘In 2011, Newsweek asked 1,000 Americans to take the standard U.S. Citizenship test, and 38 percent of them failed. One in three couldn’t name the vice-president. A 2009 study...

Alternet The UN Office of Drug Control (UNODC) has thoroughly documented the violence, crime, and corruption linked with the worldwide heroin and opium trade. The U.S. news media report every day on the mayhem and corruption of...

Seb Astien Click here to view the embedded video.   Truth Is Scary

BillMoyers.com Click here to view the embedded video. BILL MOYERS: You’ve no doubt figured out my bias by now. I’ve hardly kept it a secret. In this regard, I take my cue from the late Edward R....

RussiaToday Click here to view the embedded video. The European Parliament has rejected ACTA, a controversial trade agreement, which was widely criticized over its likely assault on internet freedoms. Supporters of the treaty suggested postponing the crucial...