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In December 2014 the Senate Intelligence Committee declassified its 500-page executive summary on the use of 'enhanced interrogation techniques' by the CIA during the Bush administration. The report was an extensive look at numerous instances where the use of practices like rectal feeding, water boarding, and sleep deprivation were used, but produced no relevant or actionable intelligence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVS9uHLee1c On Tuesday, the Senate voted on an amendment to the National

On Tuesday, the independent senator from Vermont and Democratic candidate for president, Bernie Sanders, took to the popular social media platform, Reddit, to answer questions in the first AMA in the 2016 presidential election. Sen. Sanders has gained a foothold in the grassroots domain, best evidenced by his early fundraising strength among small-time donors (under $200). Likewise, the self-proclaimed socialist is possibly the most popular 2016 candidate online. The question and answer sessi

According to the Sentencing Project, an estimated 5.85 million American citizens today are denied the right to vote because of state laws that prohibit voting by people with felony convictions. The Maryland Legislature recently voted to join 13 states like Michigan, North Dakota, Ohio, and Utah in restoring voting rights to citizens convicted of a felony upon release from prison. However, these convicts will still be denied suffrage rights while they are incarcerated. Current debate over this

In an op-ed piece for The Week, Peter Weber found comparing Bernie Sanders to Ron Paul more appropriate than comparing Sanders to any other presidential candidate from a previous election. However, is this a fair and accurate comparison? Bernie Sanders, like Ron Paul, is relying solely on grassroots efforts and has refused to accept any money from super PACs. In the first 24 hours of his campaign, Sanders raised $1.5 million from 35,000 donors (which comes out to an average of $43.54 per person

With U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) entering the race for the Democratic presidential nomination against Hillary Clinton, he may offer disgruntled liberals and Democrats an alternative voice. In 2008, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama tripped up Clinton by offering a unique blend of youth, liberalism, and outsider appeal. The Illinois senator was able to credibly assail Clinton on her support for the Patriot Act and the Iraq war. Although a tougher feat for Sanders to replicate, could the Vermonter pos

His name may not ring a bell, but he would prefer that you remember him for what he did instead. Doug Hughes came into the national spotlight recently for landing a gyrocopter on the Capitol Lawn, a stunt typically reserved for action movie characters like James Bond and Mad Max -- not 61-year-old mailmen. Hughes, carrying 535 individually-marked letters to each of the sitting members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, intended to raise awareness about the influence of b

On Thursday, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will officially announce his presidential candidacy, becoming the first candidate to challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party’s nomination. Cognizant of the dissatisfaction Americans feel toward both major political parties, and aware of many progressives’ disillusionment with the Democratic Party, Sanders has long been reluctant to formally un-declare his political independence. Yet before a crowd in Iowa in October 2014, he admitted

Farmers can yield, at most, $1,000 per acre from corn. Moonrise Extracts, an industrial hemp operation in Colorado, expects to reap tens of thousands per acre, from what started as a few dozen feral hemp plants. Moonrise Extracts was lucky to obtain local hemp seeds to start their plants. Seed procurement and local adaptation from foreign seeds are a big hurdle for the industrial hemp market. The dozens of plants harvested in the summer of 2014 became 12,500 square feet of greenhouse productio

A pizzeria in Walkerton, Indiana is getting national attention after a local news station asked its operators if they would extend their services for a same-sex wedding. It was clear that proprietors of the store, which has Christian symbols and imagery inside it, were going to give an obvious answer, making the establishment an obvious choice when manufacturing a news story. According to The Daily Beast, it is the state's first business to declare it will not service gay weddings after Indiana

President Obama's administration has been checkered with "birther" conspiracies from the very start -- from faked birth certificates to accusations of being born in Pakistan or Kenya. When confronted with absolute evidence, the proponents of the birther conspiracies merely change the details of the focus to create a new conspiracy. In fairness, one of the birther's champions, multi-time presidential contender Donald Trump, has turned his birther ire to U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas).Trump at l