Banana giant Chiquita Brands International paid off paramilitary and guerilla factions inside Colombia and benefited handsomely from these secret deals with Colombian death squads. George Washington University published a series of papers released by the Justice Department, and the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act, detailing Chiquita’s cover-up of payments to the far-right United [...]

In an attempt to end the ongoing stalemate against Gaddafi’s forces, NATO increased its military presence in Libya by deploying a series of attack helicopters. This deployment is a collaborative effort between France and Britain. It was reported that at least 12 helicopters were shipped to Libya on a French warship. Though the British did [...]

According to two exiled monks and a writer, Chinese security forces have detained about 300 Tibetan monks from a monastery in southwestern China for a month. This detention was part of an effort to “re-educate” or, according to the Chinese Government, give the monks a “legal education.” Kirti Rinpoche, the head of the Kirti monastery, [...]

The death toll from last week’s massive tornado in Joplin, Missouri has climbed to 139 as the community struggles to recover from the devastating storm. Officials expect the death toll to rise as rescue crews and volunteers continue the grueling task of sifting through ravaged buildings and homes leveled by the powerful twister. A list [...]

Terrence Malick is almost as famous for being a recluse as he is as being a film director. Malick carefully guards his public life from media intrusion, and his contracts specify that there are to be no photographs of him taken. He regularly declines interviews, with his only known public appearance was when he talked [...]

On Wednesday, May 25th, the Associated Press reported on a Senate Finance Committee investigation that revealed pharmaceutical drugmaker Sanofi paid two medical societies millions of dollars in contributions. While such contributions normally wouldn’t raise too many flags, after all pharmaceutical companies are known to invest in a variety of causes and organizations, in this case [...]

In an attempt to put a stop to the sexually notorious TSA pat downs, Texans were once again the underdogs taking a stand. The newly proposed Texas law would have made TSA agents guilty of sexual harassment for attempting to pat down airline passengers. The offense could land TSA employees fines of up to $4,000.00. [...]

If you’re fed up with the high costs of our national health care system, and the corporate greed that exists throughout the health insurance industry today, then I would like to introduce you to the single payer health care system. On Thursday, the governor of Vermont signed into law the nation’s first State-run single payer [...]

Do you have a fascination with cool spy gadgets? If you do, you’ll love some of the vintage spy gear put on display by the CIA this year. Some of the gadgets displayed at the virtual museum reflect the history of an agency that has obviously been striving for many years to develop more advanced [...]

Since the dawn of man, he has been at war with his fellow man. These wars were fought over land, money, power, and even love. As Gen. Patton once said, “The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his.” Man has used his ingenuity [...]