Brazil's Supreme Court Orders Plan to Reform Rio de Janeiro Police

On February 3, 2022, Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Rio de Janeiro, a state where the problem of police abuse is particularly dire, to draft a plan to curb police killings that includes concrete measures, a timeline, and budget. This was the main recommendation Human Rights Watch made at a

Alcohol & The Endocannabinoid System

Excerpted from Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana—Medical, Recreational and Scientific.

SOTU: Biden Demands Lower Insulin Prices After Canceling Trump's Order to Lower Them

President Joe Biden told Congress Tuesday evening in his State of the Union address to pass legislation to lower insulin prices — after he suspended, and then rescinded, former President Donald Trump’s executive order to lower them. In his address, Biden said: My plan to fight inflation will lower your

Fact Check: Biden Claims Trump's Tax Cuts Only Benefited The Wealthy

CLAIM: At his first State of Union address, President Joe Biden claimed that Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cut only benefited the top one percent of earners.

Why Your Doctor Is Wrong About Cholesterol

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published December 12, 2018, and has been updated with new information.

Small Biz Owner on Biden’s Policies: Cost up 600%, Electricity up 20%

Job Creators Network held a conference call with reporters on Monday to talk about the state of small business in Joe Biden’s America ahead of his State of the Union address, including Guy Berkebile, who owns a chemical company in Pennsylvania. “As a business owner, we’ve always had

In Guatemala, A Fresh Crackdown on Prosecutors

Following the most recent corruption allegations against Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, Attorney General Consuelo Porras issued a new round of arrest warrants for anti-corruption prosecutors from her own office, which had been investigating the president and other high-level officials. Some are now behind bars. Many others have resigned or fled

Human Rights Watch's Statement to Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime

This week, the UN Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime began its work with its first session in New York.

Migration Groups Use Russian War to Tout Migration

The United States government should cripple Russia by inviting Russian graduates to take the jobs sought by U.S.graduates, say the pro-migration advocates at the libertarian website Reason.com.

44 Examples of Things Narcissistic Mothers Say to Their Children

How can you tell if your mother is a narcissist? By the things she says.

US State of the Union: Democracy and Human Rights

The following is an excerpt from a longer piece offering perspectives from various authors on multiple fronts of United States foreign policy ahead of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on March 1, 2022. By comparison with the dismal performance of former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden

Analysis: Green Energy Push Not Russian Invasion Driving up Costs

The website oilprice.com posted an analysis about how the push for green energy years before Russia invaded Ukraine – and on steroids since Joe Biden became president – is to blame for soaring oil prices and foreign policy weakness. The analysis begins with a story about a team from MetalMinder, “the

UK Gov’t to make some “Covid Laws” permanent

Legislation aims to make “digital courtroom” a permanent fixture of UK justice. Some of the UK’s “temporary” measures intended to help “deal with the pandemic” are going to be added to future legislation and made permament laws by the spring of this year. Of course, the truth is that

People Have To Be Fooled Into Wars

Nearly every war that has started in the last 50 years has been a result of media lies

Pakistan: Repeal Amendment to Draconian Cyber Law

(New York) – The Pakistan government’s amendment to its cybercrimes act is the latest in a concerted campaign to restrict freedom of expression and stifle dissent, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. On February 18, 2022, the government passed an ordinance amending the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act, 2016