The real story behind the Ukraine-Russian war, and why the US is involved.
Series - Freedom Over Fear
In the US, about 1 in 12 children under the age of 17 is on some sort of drug designed to combat mental illness, from antidepressants to antipsychotics to ADHD medications like Ritalin and Adderall.
We think of the McCarthy Era in American politics as one of oppression, paranoia, and unfounded witch hunts that ruined lives and destroyed careers.
Mahsa Amini’s death sparked a wave of protests that are being described as a Berlin Wall moment for Iran.
China has erupted in protest after an apartment fire in the city of Urumqi killed 10 people and injured 9 others. Residents were unable to escape due to the continuing quarantines imposed by the Chinese government.
Like so many government policies, the Patriot Act is a shell game, promising to protect us from enemies abroad but instead being turned inward to persecute American citizens.
After more than two years of suffering through the COVID-19 pandemic, brutal lockdowns, riots, and shortages, the American economy is now collapsing.
The Biden administration is creating a new agency within the Department of Homeland Security, the Disinformation Governance Board.
The news that Julian Assange will be extradited to the United States to face criminal espionage charges should concern anyone who values transparency and freedom of information.
When Vladimir Putin made the decision to invade Ukraine, the rest of the world watched in horror.
For the last 18 months, our government has aggressively asserted a series of ever-changing and often conflicting guidelines about how Americans ought to behave under the threat of COVID-19.
Many businesses and governments are debating the best way to verify who has received the vaccine and who has not.
It’s become increasingly acceptable for tech companies to censor or deplatform prominent people and organizations who hold controversial or unpopular opinions.
The question is not whether vaccines are good, but whether everything good should be mandatory.
Governments are willing and able to use technology to track our movements, invade our privacy, and even enforce the law.