the real estate dealings of another one of Donald Trump’s closest associates: Thomas Barrack. Last week, the reporter Aaron Glantz of the investigative news site … Trump Associate & “Slumlord” Tom Barrack ResignsRead more
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Police Stood By As Mayhem Mounted in Charlottesville
Charlottesville bucolic town in Virginia’s heartland. At about 10 a.m. today, at one of countless such confrontations, an angry mob of white supremacists formed a … Police Stood By As Mayhem Mounted in CharlottesvilleRead more
Fifty Years Later, NSA Keeps Details of Israel’s USS Liberty Attack Secret
On June 8, 1967, an Israeli torpedo tore through the side of the unarmed American naval vessel USS Liberty, approximately a dozen miles off the … Fifty Years Later, NSA Keeps Details of Israel’s USS Liberty Attack SecretRead more
America’s Recruitment of Nazis–Then and Now
Inherent in such [US] attempts [formulated in the mid- and late 1940s] to police a world empire were two requirements: First, a widespread propaganda campaign … America’s Recruitment of Nazis–Then and NowRead more
Without Glass-Steagall America Will Fail
For 66 years the Glass-Steagall act reduced the risks in the banking system. Eight years after the act was repealed, the banking system blew up … Without Glass-Steagall America Will FailRead more
Hunger on US school children
This was the finding of a report issued last week by the anti-hunger charity Share Our Strength, based on a survey of 500 low-income parents … Hunger on US school childrenRead more
Breaking Up (Banks) Isn’t So Hard to Do
Donald, listen, whatever you’ve done so far, whatever you’ve messed up, there’s one thing you could do that would make up for a lot. It … Breaking Up (Banks) Isn’t So Hard to DoRead more
China Arrested Activists Investigating Ivanka Trump-linked Factory
China, which is refusing to release three activists who were arrested while they were investigating labor conditions at a factory manufacturing Ivanka Trump brand shoes. … China Arrested Activists Investigating Ivanka Trump-linked FactoryRead more
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Paramilitary security tracked and targeted DAPL opponents as “jihadists,” docs show
As people nationwide rallied last year to support the Standing Rock Sioux’s attempts to block the Dakota Access Pipeline, a private security firm with experience … Paramilitary security tracked and targeted DAPL opponents as “jihadists,” docs showRead more