As would be expected in the nation with the highest incarceration rate in the world, the US prison-industrial complex is large and powerful. Yet, the companies that gain from the explosion in jail and prison populations over the last few … Continue reading
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Guatemala President Otto Fernando Pérez Molina in his speech Thursday before the United Nations General Assembly praised the marijuana legalization bill progressing through the Uruguay national government as well as marijuana legalization adopted via popular votes in the US states … Continue reading
Will American families soon spend Saturday mornings waiting in line for US Transportation Security Administration friskings and scannings outside the local shopping center? We can hope not. But, Miranda Green reports in the Daily Beast that the US Department of … Continue reading
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff started the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly with fireworks Tuesday, using her first speaking position among national government leaders to condemn US government spying on the people of her nation and of many … Continue reading
The Ron Paul Institute capped off the Liberty Political Action Conference (LPAC) with a reception Saturday evening attended by many conference participants who had earlier visited the RPI outreach booth. The highlight of the conference was RPI Founder and CEO … Continue reading
There is reason for concern that the US Congress and the National Rifle Association may soon work together to use the Washington, DC Navy Yard killings earlier this week as an excuse to expand a US government database of all … Continue reading
US military contractors are ready to rake in hundred of millions of dollars from missile sales alone if the US launches a “limited” attack on Syria. Ray Downs describes the details in Vice: Even as diplomats work on a last-ditch … Continue reading
US Customs and Border Protection appears to be engaged in the dragnet detaining of general aviation pilots and searching of private airplanes around the country. Expect this program to quickly expand if immigration legislation that increases border-industrial complex funding and … Continue reading
The Concord, New Hampshire city council voted tonight to acquire a Lenco BearCat G3 tank. The acquisition passed by a vote of 11 to 4 despite hundreds of people coming to the city council meeting last month in opposition. Public … Continue reading
In Yevgeny Zamyatin’s dystopian novel We, the people of One State live in transparent apartments with curtains required to be open nearly all the time so police and informants may view the residents’ every action. Listening to George Washington University Law … Continue reading