At just 5 years old, George Takei was imprisoned in an American internment camp for being a Japanese-American. Takei speaks about the events and how a segregated Japanese-American army battalion helped to break down the prejudice against them.
US border patrol agents encountered approximately 19,500 unaccompanied children crossing the US border in the fiscal year of 2009 (beginning October 2008). Since then, the annual total has more than doubled to 57,525. To put this increase in context, the total in 2013 was only 27,884,
The ownership of the news media in the U.S. has been concentrated in the hands of just 6 incredibly powerful media corporations which control most of what we watch, hear and read every day. The 6 corporations that collectively control U.S. media today are Time Warner, Walt Disney,
On Thursday, June 26, President Obama asked Congress to approve $500 million to train and arm what he called “moderate” members of opposition forces in Syria. He claims the funds would help Syrians defend against forces aligned with President Bashar al-Assad, and would also counter Islamist militants
The US foreign policy in the Middle East has given the opportunity for the extremist groups to advance through many parts of Iraq and Syria, as many political analyses say. But, President Obama was taking another viewpoint during an interview with “CBS This Morning” host Norah O’Donnell
“The Simpsons” is argued to offer concrete proof that the U.S. is behind the crisis in Syria and what called “Arab Spring” revolutions, according to an Egyptian TV station. An AnAl-Tahrir TV anchor said the presence of a Syrian opposition flag in the 2001
Due to a new ruling from Michigan’s Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, residents will lose their right to keep livestock on their own property. On April 28th, 2014, the commission ruled that local governments have the right to ban livestock from any area
If you were wondering how banks got “too big to fail,” here’s a good place to start. This chart shows us how, over the last couple of decades, 37 banks have became just 4 mega-banks. These same 4 mega-banks have, thus far, been immune to the
A Massachusetts based medical company hopes to expand its market and increase their profits by drug-testing private school students, with the help of its CEO’s brother. One of three schools, St. Edward High School in Cleveland, is overseen by James Kubacki. His brother, Raymond
An unidentified police officer from Hammond, Indiana, has been placed on administrative leave after a video was uploaded onto YouTube showing the officer hitting the dog with a leash, and hanging the dog in mid-air. In a statement, Hammond police department said: “The Department has observed
