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Operation Cross Country vs. Stand Your Ground

Until the popular media changes its approach, these terrible problems, which affect the most vulnerable human beings alive, continue to grow.

(CLEVELAND) - Luke Easter questions why millions of Americans focus on particular events like the Trayvon Martin case while ignoring the plight of so many helpless people who on a daily basis, cry out in silence.

Operation Cross Country, a federal sting to take down child sex traffickers, reportedly saved just over 100 victims, but that number pales in comparison to the number of children impacted by this crime.

Boston Massacre by Sibylline feat. Ace / A.E.M.G

The massacre referred to in this music video is metaphorical, not real. It is merely artistic hyperbole expressing the artists' impact on the music scene. The artists are all dedicated advocates of Truth, Justice, and PEACE

(BOSTON) - This new song by Sibylline featuring Ace (Our writer Agron Belica) from Aldin Entertainment Music Group, brings many things to mind, but it isn't a cause for alarm.

Songs like this have people on the east coast, particularly in Boston, increasingly asking, who is 'Aldin Entertainment'?

Uruguay To Be the First Country in the World to Legalize Marijuana

Yes. Uruguay is about to become the first country in the world to regulate and control all aspects of marijuana production and trade.

(SALEM) - After a fierce 13 hours debate, the lower house of the Uruguayan parliament, the chamber of deputies, narrowly approved on July 31 the marijuana legalization bill introduced by President Mujica and his governing coalition.

The bill was approved by a thin 50 majority vote of the 96 “diputados” presents in the lower house (out of a total of 99).

Do We Want School or Education?

In essence, schools are designed to teach a disintegrated set of 'knowledge' and skills that are useful to those businesses and corporations which provide employment, however menial, in the mainstream economy.

(TASMANIA, Aust.) - As our world continues to unravel in response to the impact of our uneconomic activities on ecological systems, it is obviously worth asking searching questions about the nature of modern society.

By doing this we can make intelligent decisions about the direction in which we should move as we thoughtfully respond to the interrelated crises we face.

Japan, Indyk and Negotiations

Netanyahu said it even more clearly: that he refused to accept borders of 1967 or a settlement freeze and that this move to negotiations is merely to strengthen Israeli positions.

(BETHLEHEM) - Public Negotiations began amid great fanfare in Washington DC. Saeb Ereklat sat next to a war criminal (Tsipi Livni who is responsible for massacre of hundreds of civilians in Gaza) and across from the Israeli lobbyist Indyk (representing the US) after giving up on the requirement for a settlement freeze and settling for informal verbal assurances.

This is the same Erekat who has been fruitlessly “negotiating” for 20 years along the same lines (hence his book titled “Life is negotiations”).

Brain-Eating Amoeba Case Linked to Warm Water, Drought

More than half of Arkansas, about 52 percent, is being gripped by moderate drought conditions, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report.

(STATE COLLEGE, PA AccuWeather.com) - AccuWeather reports a 12-year-old girl contracted a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba in Arkansas, and it may be tied to summer heat and drought conditions, according to the CDC.

The amoeba, or single-celled organism, that caused the infection is called Naegleria fowleri, which lives in warm freshwater, such as lakes, rivers and hot springs.

NBA Player Stomps Homeless Man

Jones yelled, 'Wake up,' and Stomped on the Mans Leg

(PORTLAND OR) - Police arrested 21-year-old Terrence Alexander Jones in Old Town early this morning.

Jones was seen stomping on a sleeping homeless man's leg at about 2:04 AM in Portland's Central precinct.

After the arrest, officers learned that Jones is currently on the roster of the Houston Rockets NBA team.

Candlelight Vigil Seeks Justice for Death of Aniya Zamora

The community gathered to support the investigation of this tragedy.

(SALEM, Ore.) - About seventy-five people came together on the Marion County courthouse steps Tuesday night, seeking justice for a little girl whose life was cut short. The 3 ½ year old girl was found dead in her home on April 19, 2013.

The candlelight vigil for Aniya Zamora gave the group the chance to pray, and share their thoughts, giving comfort to the grieving and showing support for the quest to learn the truth.

Zimbabwe: Think Tank Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU) Banned from Launching Report on the Voters` Roll

The voters’ roll allegedly contains deceased voters, double entries and others false entries, and it is feared that the forthcoming general elections might produce a disputed result.

(YORK, UK) - On 17 July 2013, Harare-based think tank Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU) was banned by the High Court from launching a report with its analysis of the voters’ roll.

RAU is a non-governmental organisation whose work focuses on women, displacement and governance.

American Politics, Scandals, Human Failures

Anthony Weiner needs professional help as does Bob Filner and so did Kennedy, King and Clinton.

(NEWBURGH, Indiana) - What do Anthony Weiner, Bob Filner, Eliot Spitzer, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy and Bill Clinton all have in common?

There are several answers to this question. One answer - they all had or have a human failure problem.