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By: Jeff Berwick For millions it is already too late. They won’t realize the geopolitical winds which are now blowing. Off in their own lala land, the average American will be focused on sports, celebrities, […]

By: Mac Slavo Recent weeks have led to a fairly significant drop in stock valuations, with many expert analysts struggling to figure out exactly why it’s happening. You’ll hear them cite the weather, or market […]

The mushroom cloud of the first test of a hydrogen bomb is seen in a 1952 file photo. By:  Robert Dodge On April 15th, Tax Day, our nation funds our national budget. On this day […]

Written by  Alex Newman Following the Obama administration’s deeply controversial decision to cede U.S. control over key elements of the Internet’s architecture, experts and former officials are warning that the United Nations and its largely […]

By: Alex Newman At a time of soaring U.S. budget deficits, brutal economic hardship for tens of millions of Americans, and unprecedented levels of federal spending, the Obama administration is asking Congress to drastically increase […]

By TLB Contributor: Dave Hodges. Since the advent of privatized prisons in 1984, America has witnessed the passage of laws that require zero tolerance and mandatory sentencing, without regard for any extenuating circumstances. These two […]

March 21, 2014  |Democracy Now! by Amy Goodman, Juan González   A new internal report says the Justice Department massively overstated its successes in targeting mortgage fraud while in fact ranking it as a low priority […]

By:  S. D. Wells Step one: Tell the American people that they will all enjoy affordable healthcare coverage, regardless of pre-existing conditions or whether or not they work for a corporation, big government or themselves. […]

By: TLB Contributor: Ken LaRive It has been said that all of the evil of this world is rooted in money. As a Libertarian, I have questioned this assertion, and as I have cast this […]

By:  Martha Rosenberg Editor’s note: The following article is a follow up to a previous piece about drugs whose dangerous side-effects emerged only after the pharmaceutical industry’s patents ran out. Read part 1 here. When a […]