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1/3rd of Women in US Military Raped

The culture of sexual violence against women that is allowed to exist in both the US military and private contractors has created a rape epidemic. One third of all women serving have been raped and 71% have been sexually assaulted. Some horrific personal tales tell the tragic story.

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Napolitano Orders Stop of Haitian Deportations Due To Earthquake

The Department of Homeland Security announced this afternoon that deportations of people from Haiti are being halted due to the destruction from a 7.0 earthquake that hit the country on Tuesday. The damage hasn’t been assessed but reports that the infrastructure of the country has been devastated make it clear that Haiti is no place […]

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Domestic Espionage Alert: Spy Drone Discovered

KPRC news in Houston recently filmed a secret experiment by law enforcement agencies including the Dept. of Homeland Security of a drone intended to spy on Americans.

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Twelve Percent in US Juvenile Facilities Report Sexual Abuse

Twelve Percent in US Juvenile Facilities Report Sexual Abuse

According to a survey from the Bureau of Justice Statistics from the Department of Justice released on January 7, 2010, 12 percent of youths (3,220) held in custody in state-operated and large locally or privately operated juvenile facilities reported experiencing one or more incident of sexual victimization by another youth or, what is even more […]

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Turning The Page On The Worst Decade In 50 Years

According to a recent survey from the Pew Research Center, Americans view the decade that is about to end today as “The worst decade in 50 years”. 50 percent of Americans have a negative impression of the past 10 years as opposed to a mere 27 percent which view the same time frame positively. This […]

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