Four Deputies Plead Guilty to Drug Charges
An undercover investigation at Shelby County Corrections revealed corruption after four deputies were indicted for attempting to smuggle and distribute OxyContin inside the facility. Are Illicit activities running rampant in our prisons?
It’s Time to Free Students from Debt
"Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife." It's time we free students from debt and create a new debt-free democracy.
Officer Charged with Murder After Killing Unarmed Man with His Hands Up
After fellow officers admitted that a police shooting in Fairfax County was not clean, the officer who shot and killed the victim was recently fired and charged with murder. It's about time officers are being held accountable.
Searching for Rojava
Rojava’s experiment is no more than a radical democracy, which grew out of a cult of personality. So why is an experiment in direct democracy under siege the best-kept secret in the Middle East?
Amnesty International: Protecting the ‘Human Rights’ of Johns, Pimps and Human Traffickers
Is the sickness of the modern culture the ability to exploit with impunity into a human right. Chris Hedges discusses Amnesty International's call to decriminalize prostitution.
The Fraud of the New ‘Family-Friendly’ Work
The new family-friendly policies seem ideally timed, but they apply only to a tiny group considered “talent”—highly educated and in high demand— to help to recruit and keep them. Let's not celebrate this new era just yet.
Judges Nixing Keystone XL South Cases Had Tar Sands-Related Oil Investments
After a U.S. Appeals Court ruled against the Sierra Club's petition for rehearing motion for the southern leg of TransCanada's Keystone XL, it was revealed that one of the judges had some stake in the pipeline. Could it be oil investments?
Justice Department Launches Investigation into Police Killing Teenager
Autopsy findings in the case of 19 year-old Zachary Hammond directly contradict the shooting officer's account. What will the investigation by the Department of Justice find?
Art, Politics and Social Change at the Venice Biennale
This year’s Venice Biennale, called “All the World’s Futures,” showcases a growing community of politically engaged artists, who not only reflect the beauty and brutality of the world, but might actually change it.
The Outrageous Ascent of CEO Pay
It's time we start pushing companies to put less money into the hands of their CEOs and more into the hands of their average employees. Not only will it create more jobs, it will actually help corporations.