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Politicians Multiply Mental Illness
by Jim Bovard | Aug 25, 2025 | Featured Articles
Almost 25% of government schools nationwide are now surveilling the mental health of students. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed a bill to bring “universal mental health screening” to two million Illinois students as part of his Children’s Behavioral...
Are Democrats More Neocon Than Republicans Now?
by Jack Hunter | Aug 25, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Last week as Donald Trump met separately with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine head Volodymyr Zelensky to potentially seek an end to the years long war between their countries, Democrats have been very upset. That peace might happen. They are worried...
South Korean Soldiers Fire Warning Shots Near North Korean Troops, Pyongyang Warns of ‘Uncontrollable’ Escalation
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 24, 2025 | News
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are spiking as South Korean troops fired on North Korean soldiers near the demilitarized zone. The friction between Pyongyang, Seoul, and Washington has escalated due to large-scale US and South Korean war games. Seoul claimed on...
Israel Bombs Presidential Palace in Sanaa, Prepares For Large-Scale War in Yemen
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 24, 2025 | News
Israel conducted dozens of strikes in Yemen, including striking the presidential palace. Tel Aviv is collecting a large bank of targets for a widespread bombing campaign in Yemen. On Sunday, the IDF said more than ten Israeli warplanes dropped 35 bombs in Yemen....
Ukraine Attacks Russian Nuclear Power Plant
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 24, 2025 | News
Ukrainian forces hit a Russian nuclear power plant, causing a fire that was quickly extinguished. Ukrainian President Zelensky claims that it is conducting long-range strikes in Russia without American assistance. Russian officials claim a Ukrainian drone was downed...
Pentagon Prepares Special Ops Forces for Operations Against Cartels
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 24, 2025 | News
US Special Operations Command North (SOCNORTH) is preparing for operations against Latin American cartels that could include raids in Mexico or other foreign countries. President Donald Trump wants the Pentagon to be prepared to conduct bombings, drone strikes, and...
TGIF: The Poverty of Poverty Data
by Sheldon Richman | Aug 22, 2025 | Economics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
"Poverty has no causes; prosperity has many. As history attests, poverty is humanity’s default condition.... But prosperity is not natural; it does not just happen." —Phil Gramm and Donald J. Boudreaux To hear some people tell it, America is in the grip of a vast...
Many Lives, One Suburb.
by Kym Robinson | Aug 22, 2025 | Blog
She just turned ninety, her body withering along with her mind. She dithers and smiles, walks slowly among the isles, she is never alone when outside, she remains lonely. She has always been a pensioner, never worked. Her husband died thirty years ago, now with three...
Is Venezuela the Next Target of the U.S. Empire?
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Aug 22, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
President Donald Trump has deployed several warships and thousands of Marines to the southern Caribbean—just miles off the coast of Venezuela. The provocative mission was launched under the guise of an anti-narcotics crusade, but risks disastrous outcomes for both...