Why You Still Can’t Trust Your Financial Adviser | Ben Steverman

Illustrator: Josh Freydkis With the Fiduciary Rule in doubt, seeking professional advice on your money remains a dangerous proposition June 7, 2017 (Bloomberg) -- Your new financial adviser has a wel ...

The Death of the Republic | Chris Hedges

Mr. Fish / Truthdig May 21, 2017 (Truthdig) -- The deep state’s decision in ancient Rome -- dominated by a bloated military and a corrupt oligarchy, much like the United States of 2017 -- to strangle ...

Part 1: Our Dishonest President | Los Angeles Times Editorial Board

April 2, 2017 (Los Angeles Times) -- It was no secret during the campaign that Donald Trump was a narcissist and a demagogue who used fear and dishonesty to appeal to the worst in American voters. Th ...

Obama cuts short Chelsea Manning's prison sentence | AP

Chelsea Manning, arrested in 2010 as Bradley Manning, was convicted in 2013 in a military court of leaking more than 700,000 secret military and State Department documents to WikiLeaks. From: Reuters ...

Glenn Greenwald: Mainstream U.S. Media is Culpable for Disseminating Fake & Deceitful News on Russia | Democracy Now

Jan. 5, 2017 (Democracy Now) -- We are joined by Glenn Greenwald, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the founding editors of The Intercept. His latest article is headlined "WashPost Is Rich ...

U.S. House Republicans End Plan To Weaken Ethics Watchdog | Reuters

UPDATE -- Jan. 2, 2017 (Reuters) -- U.S. House Republicans Tuesday reversed course and withdrew their proposal to weaken an outside ethics watchdog charged with investigating lawmakers' behavior, Hou ...

Palestine 2017: Time to Bid Farewell to Washington and Embrace the Globe | Ramzy Baroud

Dr Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 27, 2016 There is no doubt that the Dec. 23 UN Security Council condemnation of Israel was an important and noteworthy event. True, the United Nat ...

Under Cover of Christmas, Obama Establishes Controversial Anti-Propaganda Agency | Lauren McCauley

Buried within the $619 billion military budget is a controversial provision that establishes a national anti-propaganda center that critics warn could be dangerous for press freedoms. (Official White ...

IMF Head Christine Lagarde Convicted in French Negligence Trial | Gaspard Sebag

Christine Lagarde-- Lagarde won’t face fine, prison term in case, judge says -- IMF head faced negligence charge for arbitration payout Dec. 19, 2016 (Bloomberg) -- Christine Lagarde was convicted of ...

Warren Says Wells Fargo's Stumpf Should Resign, Face Criminal Investigation | Laura J Keller & Elizabeth Dexheimer

Sept. 20, 2016 (Bloomberg) -- Wells Fargo & Co.’s John Stumpf should resign, give back his compensation and face criminal prosecution for a scandal in which the bank opened unauthorized accounts for ...

White supremacists + law enforcement + Donald Trump = our vote finally matters | Mickey Z.

The Klan Backs Trump. By Mike Licht. Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 5, 2016 “Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses.” (Rage Against The Machine) In Octo ...