TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Washington, D.C. — A former capital city police officer has been indicted for allegedly attempting to aid the Islamic State (ISIS), the Department of Justice announced late last week. According to a press release issued on Thursday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Eastern Virginia “Nicholas Young, 37, of Fairfax, who was Read More…
According to an unsubstantiated article by the Washington Post, anonymous CIA officials have confirmed that the Russian government hacked the United States election to favor Donald Trump. Though it’s entirely possible the Russian government attempted to influence the election, the Post has been widely criticized — for the second time in a month — for Read More…
This week, corporate media heads exploded when controversial rapper Kanye West met with the even more controversial President-elect Donald Trump. The media took the opportunity both to provide its typical frenzied coverage of a superficial, celebrity incident and to blast the president-elect for taking the time to meet with West. NBC and other mainstream outlets reported Read More…
Over the weekend, thousands of veterans joined Native “water protectors” and their allies to defend them from highly aggressive police tactics on the ground in North Dakota, where protesters have gathered for months to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline. By Sunday, the Army Corps of Engineers had temporarily denied a final permit to the pipeline Read More…
As research and anecdotal evidence increasingly indicate cannabis has medical benefits, a new series of videos from a man suffering from Parkinson’s disease highlights just how vital the plant can be. Larry Smith, a former police officer, began to suffer from the debilitating neurological disease twenty years ago. In 2011, filmmakers began documenting his experience Read More…
Last week, the newly formed group “Veterans Stand for Standing Rock” called on veterans to nonviolently stand up to militarized law enforcement at the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. Since its initial call to action, the veterans’ movement has grown exponentially. Last week, the Facebook event, which was launched by Army veteran Wesley Read More…