By Annie Holmquist The Great Solar Eclipse of 2017 was met with a variety of responses by schools across the country. Some announced they would close for the day for fear that the children under their care would accidentally look at the sun and encounter eye…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Marshmallows, gingerbread men, doughnuts and frosted cupcakes all tied up in strings – these may be some of your favorite things, but white coloring pigments in foods often contain titanium dioxide – a metal previously considered harmless to ingest. More and more, reports…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Is the FDA paving the way to get ecstasy at the doctor’s office? No, this is not satire. Last week, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) gave a press release stating that the FDA actually granted “Breakthrough Therapy Designation” to MDMA for the treatment of post-traumatic…
By Dave Herman Chairman, American Kratom Association This Thursday, the American Kratom Association (AKA) will deliver its statement to the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis. This date is significant for two reasons. First, it’s the anniversary of the official Notice…
By Michael Parkes In relation to your wellness, the chicken does come before the egg. Whatever is fed to chickens will also end up in your eggs. It’s normal for the nutrients absorbed by the mother through her diet of chemicals and latent ground GMO soy…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor The life of a stem cell is still a mystery to scientists. Stem cells are the pervasive cells that “seed” new cancer cells, feed fatal tumors and often evade treatment. But recent research is intrigued with the effects of vitamin C on leukemia…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Do you recall that a hospital actually paid hackers $17,000 ransom for the release of the hospital’s data? That was the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, which paid using Bitcoin in February 2016. Another hacked company didn’t get off so cheaply! The…
By Catherine J. Frompovich What’s discrimination? But in the context of civil rights law, unlawful discrimination refers to unfair or unequal treatment of an individual (or group) based on certain characteristics, including:… [1] [CJF emphasis] [U]nequal treatment of persons, for a reason which has nothing…
By Dave Herman Chairman, American Kratom Association On August 31, 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) rocked the kratom world with their now infamous Notice of Intent for Emergency Scheduling of kratom as a Schedule I controlled substance. That was truly the day that the…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Probably the most harmful of microwave technologies (millimeter waves—mm) are being proposed in front of homes and other buildings in the State of California and to be erected at the whim of cellular businesses and networks with no input from citizens…
By Brandon Turbeville Saudi Arabia’s war of aggression in Yemen has brought yet a new weapon to bear against the Yemeni people: cholera. With the relentless bombing, the targeting of civilians and civilian areas, the destruction of infrastructure and an embargo on food and medicine, conditions…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Fox43 News has documented the outrageous and inhumane actions Pennsylvania utility companies are permitted to implement by the PA Public Utility Commission (PA PUC) regarding the callous actions forced upon a Dover, York County, Pennsylvania, resident who previously suffered a traumatic…
“OPERATION CHOKE POINT” ENDED Policy ended that targeted legitimate business within the kratom community WASHINGTON, D.C.- [Last week], the DOJ announced the ending of the Obama-Era program called “Operation Choke Point.” This program had attempted to cut off sources of credit for businesses targeted by the…
By Shane Trejo On August 16, a law expanding New Hampshire’s medical marijuana program went into effect. This will build on the already existing nullification of federal marijuana laws in the Live Free or Die state. Rep. Eric Schleien (R-Hillsborough) sponsored House Bill 157 (HB157)…
By Jack Burns As the pharmaceutical-led police state continues to lock up citizens in the United States for a plant, the World Health Organization (WHO), under the direction of the United Nations (UN), is on the precipice of declaring CBD highly beneficial. And, for the…
By Jake Anderson The countdown to a rare celestial spectacle is on. On August 21st, people within the “path of totality,” a 70-mile wide swath of land stretching from Oregon to South Carolina (14 states in all), will witness a total solar eclipse. The shadow of the moon…
By Catherine J. Frompovich AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) Smart Meters (AMI SMs) are being forced on to everyone’s home, apartment, condo and businesses in the United States with total disregard for numerous legal aspects, with one specifically-egregious issue experiencing total abandonment or disregard for the…
By Catherine J. Frompovich The preeminent mockery touted about those who know the health dangers of microwaves and their radiofrequencies is to refer to them as “tin foil hatters”. Well, folks in cities in New Jersey and Texas, for now at least, ought to be…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor You may remember Aziz Ansari from the hit show Parks and Recreation or more recently, Master of None on Netflix. The comedian-turned-actor used to be absorbed with all things social media. He had a Reddit hangout where he’d discuss romantic problems of the modern…
School District Nixes Homework for Thousands of Students as Expert Says It’s Basically Useless By Annie Holmquist The anti-homework trend is growing. It started with the teacher from Texas who banned homework from her second grade class, encouraging families to spend time reading, playing, and…
