Police claim “race wasn’t a factor” in the brutal incident. What do you think?
(Counter Current News) -- No, it’s not the McKinney pool incident. But shortly after the Texas altercation that went viral, a very similar situation happened in Fairfield, Ohio. Fairfield was the home of John Crawford, who was killed last summer for holding a BB-gun he picked up off a suburban Walmart shelf. In the Fairfield suburb of
Despite 21 Republican senators rejecting push to prevent future administrations from enacting Bush-era CIA torture programs, bipartisan amendment passes.
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday reaffirmed a ban against torturing detainees and moved ahead on a more than $600 billion defense policy bill that is entangled in a broader fight in Congress about caps on Pentagon and non-military spending. The Senate overwhelmingly voted 78 to 21 to approve an amendment that bolsters current law and makes the
An Eaton County Sheriff’s officer, tazed, and then killed 17 year-old Deven Guilford. The known details are sparse because the killing happened out of the view of the dash-cam, and the body camera was turned off at that point.
Eaton County, MI — It was announced this week that the police officer who shot and killed 17-year-old Deven Guilford for flexing his rights this past February, will not be charged for any crimes. Deven was traveling along the road and flashed his lights at an officer because his headlights were so bright that they nearly made Deven run off the
Team Redacted tackles Big Business’ support for GMO’s.
As democracy crumbles in America in favor of corporate power, will voters be left with two near-identical choices in every presidential election?
WASHINGTON --- It’s harder than ever to argue that voting matters when according to leading polls, the 2016 election is shaping up to look a lot like every other election in recent years, and this time even the candidate’s names are a repeat of past elections. It’s that “silly season” again when journalists scramble to find ways to cover a
The health care industry was at its most generous in 2009, when there were eight lobbyists for every member of Congress.
MINNEAPOLIS --- When it comes to lobbying Washington, no single industry can match the lobbying power of the health care industry. The medical field, from pharmaceutical companies to doctors’ associations, has already spent over $120 million on lobbying this year. The influence of the health sector on the U.S. government is not a new one -- the
