Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Why a New Jersey Puffer Fish Should Not Be President

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was at one point considered to be Mitt Romney's vice president if he had won back in 2012, but Romney decided he was not fit to lead. Apparently Christie did not agree and is now attempting to run for president in 2016.

Over Two Dozen Witnesses and Suspects Mysteriously Die in Indian Cheating Scandal

For several years, students and job applicants in India were paying large bribes to manipulate their test results for entrance into medical schools and government positions and now suspects involved are mysteriously dying. Students have mostly been targeted.

Corporate Capitalism Is the Foundation of Police Brutality and the Prison State

Citizens talk about the issues of race and racial violence without taking into consideration the economic, bureaucratic, and political systems of exploitation involved. Police brutality and racism cannot be solved unless we turn to the issue of structural racism.

The Choice Ahead: A Private Health-Insurance Monopoly or a Single Payer

If we continue in the direction we’re headed we’ll soon have a health insurance system dominated by two or three mammoth for-profit corporations capable of squeezing employees and consumers for all they’re worth – and handing over the profits to their shareholders and executives.

Growing Evidence that Charter Schools Are Failing

Education reformers, who have a lot of money but little knowledge of the real world of education frighten America about public schools. Do they want our children to be their human capital?

Greece – What You are not Being Told by the Media

According to mainstream media, the current economic crisis in Greece is due to the government spending too much money on its people that it went broke. This claim however, is a lie. It was the banks that wrecked the country so oligarchs and international corporations could benefit.

On Patriotism

True patriots don’t hate the government of the United States. They’re proud of it. They may not like everything it does, and they justifiably worry when special interests gain too much power over it. But true patriots work to improve our government, not destroy it.

24th Correctional Officer Sentenced to Prison in Jail Racketeering Conspiracy

Twenty-four correctional officers have been convicted for their participation in the jail racketeering conspiracy. Sixteen BGF gang members and associates were also convicted for participating in the racketeering conspiracy.

If Islamic State Had Burned Down Four Churches, It Would Have Been Headline News

Arson directed at African-American churches is on the rise in recent weeks with seven burnt to the ground. But the question remains: Is terrorism “raced” in the U.S.?

Overtime: Finally, a Break for the Middle Class

There is finally a bit of good news for hard-working Americans—the U.S. Department of Labor just proposed raising the overtime threshold. More than a million workers will soon get a raise.