The ACLU said that it obtained records pointing to data from Facebook, Instagram and Twitter being used by US police to track protesters across the country. The websites were not directly involved, … Continue reading ACLU: Police tracked protesters using Facebook, Instagram, Twitter data

Like the San Francisco 49ers quarterback, football players across the country are silently taking a knee during the national anthem to protest racism. This shows that there needs to be some movement … Continue reading Protest Started by Colin Kaepernick Spreads to High School Students

The result is that with a little more than a month before the election, Congress is again flirting with a shutdown. And a year into the worldwide Zika epidemic, Congress still hasn’t … Continue reading While you were busy watching the Election circus, Congress stopped showing up to work

The agency has been operating without an executive director for nearly a year and has not explained how it will close a $45 million gap in its budget. This is what happens … Continue reading Leaderless and Underfunded, N.J. Transit Had Troubles Well Before Fatal Crash

The recording of interactions with the public increases accountability on both sides, researchers say After a year study in both the U.S. and the U.K. and over a million and a half … Continue reading Police with body cameras receive 93% fewer complaints – study

The New York police department also collected ‘multimedia records’ of protests after the death of Eric Garner, legal papers show. These are potential constitutional violations by the police. “The fear and disarming … Continue reading NYPD sent undercover officers to Black Lives Matter protest, records reveal

Policymakers must address needs of trade-affected workers, International Monetary Fund’s new World Economic Outlook says Source: IMF study warns free trade seen as benefiting ‘only a fortunate few’ | Business | The … Continue reading IMF study warns free trade seen as benefiting ‘only a fortunate few’

Preliminary ratings say Monday’s debate between Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton drew more viewers than the 1980 debate between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Nice… now if we can translate the … Continue reading At Nearly 84 Million Viewers, Debate May Be the Most-Watched Ever

IBACH – “Our company has never been as hard-hit as it was by the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in New York and Washington,” the 55-year-old Elsener says. Almost overnight, after sharp … Continue reading Swiss Army Knife maker Victorinox, lost 40% of business post 9/11 and fired no one

Obama and Kerry say there is no military solution to the war. Russia and Syria think there is. One of the truly most remarkable miscommunications in this war is between the U.S. … Continue reading A ferocious assault on Aleppo suggests the U.S. may be wrong on Syria

Nuclear weapons are considered to be some of the world’s most dangerous armaments. Categorized as weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), they have the capability of leveling cities, killing millions, and destroying the … Continue reading Nuclear Weapons and Proliferation: Effects and Need of WMDs

Long before it was known that Hillary Clinton had pneumonia, there were already rumors and conspiracy theories surrounding her health. Speculation surrounding her coughing fits were making their way through conservative media … Continue reading A President’s Health: Clinton, Trump, and Presidents of the Past