Ever wonder why cops yell “quit resisting” as they beat a person who’s not resisting? Or why they shoot people who pose no threat? Maybe the answer is right in front of us. Many folks who are given authorization to use deadly force and authority to kidnap and cage...
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The CDC is Planning to Destroy the Summer Camp Experience
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | May 24, 2021 | Featured Articles
The Center for Disease Control’s major easing of its mask-use recommendations was a welcome development, giving Americans hope that logic can triumph over the CDC’s bureaucratic inertia and its COVID-era tendency to push the most severe restrictions on human activity...
How Government Jobs Hurt the Economy
by Gary Galles | May 24, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
It seems that every time something adverse happens in the labor market, it restarts the partisan battle between those currently in and out of power as to who is a better steward of the economy. That was illustrated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics's (BLS) release of...
TGIF: Biden Labor Department Undermines Gig Economy
by Sheldon Richman | May 21, 2021 | Economics, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Why should government at any level have the power to overrule how workers and companies define their relationships? This question has become more important than previously with the rise of the gig economy, in which workers such as Uber and Lyft drivers are regarded by...
Gaza Ceasefire to Take Effect Friday Morning
by Dave DeCamp | May 21, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On Thursday night, Israel’s security cabinet voted unanimously in favor of a ceasefire to end the Israeli bombing campaign in Gaza that has been raging since last Monday. The ceasefire was brokered by Egypt and is set to take effect early Friday morning. A Hamas...
How Will Australia Remember Julian Assange?
by Kym Robinson | May 20, 2021 | Featured Articles
“Never believe anything until it’s officially denied."- Claud Cockburn This year's ANZAC day has passed in Australia. It is a national religious holiday where many give thanks for the sacrifice of Australian combatants that served, died, and were injured in the...
Cops Shoot Unarmed Man 122 Times Over Broken Tag Light
by Matt Agorist | May 20, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
On the night he was killed, Lester Machado, 24, was targeted by police who falsely claimed he was driving with a broken license plate light. For some reason—which we will never know—Machado did not stop when police attempted to pull him over and police used this as a...
How State Lockdowns Shredded Your Right to Due Process
by Daren A. Wiseley | May 19, 2021 | Featured Articles
Over a year ago, the COVID panic shook the world. We were told it would only be “15 days to flatten the curve” as businesses were locked down, “nonessential” employees were forced out of work (I’ve written about the myth of the nonessential employee here), masks were...