The 2016 election cycle is estimated to spend $5 billion, enough to build Trump World Tower fifteen times. Already the candidates and their Super PACs are flush with huge sums of cash; Clinton is almost at $70 million and Bush is over $120 million. Cruz, Sanders, Rubio, Walker are all between $15-52 million and counting. Big money in elections has led to many Democrats and Republicans agreeing that it is killing the integrity of the election system – Due to the fact that the candidate with the m...

The Human Freedom Index has downgraded the United States to the 20th most free country in the world. This puts America well behind its northern neighbor, Canada, which is ranked 6th. And even our mother country – the United Kingdom – far outranks us at 9th. This report is not surprising for those tracking other liberty indicators. The Heritage Foundation’s Economic Freedom Index has tracked the demise of economic freedom in the United States for years – the US is currently at 12th globally. A...

Since August 2014, the city of Detroit has been cutting off water supply to residents and businesses in an effort to collect outstanding payments to the Detroit Water and Sewage Department (DWSD). The events sparked protest, outrage, and disbelief from locals, while U.N. experts declared some of the water shut-offs as violations of basic human rights. In an interview with Democracy Now, Alice Jennings, a lawyer fighting to end the city’s water shut-off campaign, called the events a “humanitaria...

Donald Trump has secured his role as the GOP political punching bag of this election cycle. His ongoing controversial comments on Mexican immigration have the Democratic presidential contenders swinging at Trump like a piñata filled with free votes. One critic has been quick to criticize, but hesitates to offer many specifics on his own immigration policy stance. That man is Bernie Sanders, a first generation American son of a Polish immigrant. In his half hour presidential announcement speech,...

My heart rate suddenly increased, the casual conversation with my uncle had just crossed the line into politics. Not knowing exactly how I got here but deeply aware of one startling fact; I just breeched the topic of medical marijuana with a religious conservative. Shaking his head, my uncle expressed his grievances over the recently passed medical marijuana bill in the Pennsylvania Senate. He had an impressive grasp on the cannabis jargon, citing low-level THC strains, edibles, cannabinoids an...