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Sri Lanka Journalist Shantha Wijesooriya Narrowly Avoids Government Abduction

"...it is my conviction that the Govt. security division is lying in wait to abduct me." - Shantha

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - Sri Lanka x news journalist Shantha Wijesooriya addressed a written complaint to the IGP yesterday as the victim of a recent abduction attempt.

Wake Up FDA - Terminate the Endless Financial Benefits of Big Pharma or Resign

FDA board already committing professional suicide with their advocacy for pharma.

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - Michael David Israel, every parent's son whose mom and dad could not allow the senseless over-prescribing of opioids to further take our kids lives -- are heroes in every sense of the word.

Avi and Julie Israel are fighting a tireless effort to prevent further suicides of our young people when they become addicted to overly prescribed opioids.

Accusations of Jewish Self-Hatred and Anti-Semitism are a Strategy to Hide from One`s Self-Reflection

A true friend will admonish his friend when he sees him acting irrationally toward his neighbor.

(TRENTON, N.J.) - Those following Israel-Palestine knows it's routine to label those who disagree with Israel’s treatment of Palestinians as self-hating Jews, Israel haters or anti-Semites.

Using a three-word label to encapsulate the character of a person is problematic.

Hunger Strike at City Hall Experiences Flesh Blood After 40 Days

There is no determined end date for this protest.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Former Mayoral Candidate and Occupy Portland Activist Cameron Whitten finishes into his 6th week of a hunger strike outside of City Hall.

His current weight comes in at a total 163.3 pounds, from an initial start of 193.7.

Theft of a Nation

"We must use terror" - Prime Minister Ben-Gurion in 1948

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - A recent story from a small American town in Pennsylvania reported a bank robbery by a 35-year-old who allegedly held up a Citizens Bank branch.

Joe Paterno, Icon or Moron?

This famous money making coach of great sports success did no service to the athletes and their families.

(CLEVELAND) - The tribute to a coach who did nothing to help sex abuse victims at Penn State is emblazoned across the university wall, it calls him a humanitarian... cough.

And what about that statue? Could a finer reminder for Penn State exist? Perhaps it should stay right where it is to remind people of things they should never forget.

Tamil Voices Growing Louder Over Sri Lanka War Crimes and Nepotism

Sri Lanka's 'band of brothers' are a threat to the lives of honest reporters.

(SALEM / CHENNAI) - The voice of the Sri Lankan Tamils that was silenced by war crimes only three years ago is finding itself again.

The sound is lighting up the world with a rich call for justice and increasing numbers of individuals, institutions and governments are suddenly taking notice. It can't happen fast enough.

President Kagame`s Former Body Guard Lt. Mutabazi Yoweri AKA Tobulende Survives Attack in Uganda

President Paul Kagame and his killing machines have made the whole region unstable.

(KAMPALA, Uganda) - In the early evening on Thursday night Lt Mutabazi Yoweri AKA Tobulende, who was once among President Paul Kagame’s body guards, was attacked.

NIMBY, BANANA, BANDANA

A 3 Part Series On Development Opposition.

(LAGUNA BEACH, CA) - I’m hoping to help educate SNc browsers in a better understanding of environmental protectionists (ENVIROS) in my professional field, and also the genesis and evolution of anti-development concepts in general.

If not there already, protectionists ARE coming to a neighborhood near you soon.

Reunion at Site of My Lai Massacre: Survivor Duc Tran Van and Photographer Ron Haeberle

Survivor of mass murder in Vietnamese village unites with soldier who photographed the carnage.

(SALEM, Ore.) - EDITOR: (3/16/2018) We are re-releasing this important story, first published in 2012. 50 years has not reduced the horror of what happened that shameful day in Vietnam. The eye-witness account below is mandatory reading for anyone that wants to know the whole truth of the My Lai massacre.

It was an emotional experience to watch my friend Tran Van Duc of Germany, revisit his native village My Lai, Vietnam, with Ronald Haeberle, shocked photographer of the epic My Lai massacre.