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...
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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...
Parents Catch Cop on Video ‘Puncturing Their Toddler With Unknown Object’
by Matt Agorist | May 19, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Imagine for a moment that your toddler is found screaming and crying in agony and bleeding from a puncture wound. You have no idea what happened so you pull out your phone to check your home surveillance system. Then imagine you find a video of your police detective...
Amid Gaza Killings, Biden Approves $735 Million More Weapon Sales to Israel
by Dave DeCamp | May 18, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
A report from The Washington Post revealed that the Biden administration approved a $735 million arms sale to Israel. Congress was officially notified of the sale on May 5th, less than one week before Israel began its latest bombing campaign in Gaza, which, so...
Calling Out Paul Krugman’s Booms & Busts
by William Anderson | May 18, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
That Austrians and Keynesians do not share many views on economics (or probably anything else) is obvious, so a difference of opinion between the two hardly should surprise anyone. However, it still is important to point out the differences between the two camps,...
How the Federal Reserve Inflated Away a Fourth of Your Wealth in 15 Years
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | May 17, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
As Americans warily eye new data showing both consumer and producer price inflation heating up beyond expectations, few of them realize the Federal Reserve has an explicit goal to relentlessly degrade the purchasing power of their savings. The Fed weakens the...
TGIF: FDA Targets Black and Other Minority Smokers
by Sheldon Richman | May 14, 2021 | Economics, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Just when we are reminded that unnecessary conflict between the police and the people, especially in poorer black communities, is a poison to be eliminated forthwith, the Biden administration has moved in the wrong direction. Late last month the administration...
Scott Horton Busts Neocon Conspiracies in New Book
by Philip Weiss | May 14, 2021 | Book Reviews, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Last month Foreign Affairs ran an article saying that Iran and Israel were engaged in mutual hostilities that could drag the United States into a war not of our choosing, and there was no mention in the article of the people who really do want the U.S. to go to war...