Check out Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick with Abby Martin. Being a patriot is a lot more than agreeing with the government, it means making a country better than it was even if the truth is unpleasant. For far too long people chose not to recognize the truth about foreign policy even when it was staring them in the face. Oliver Stone is a patriot. JFK and the Untold History of Oliver Stone T [...]

A ten-dimensional theory of gravity makes the same predictions as standard quantum physics in fewer dimensions. A team of physicists has provided some of the clearest evidence yet that our Universe could be just one big projection. [...]

Edward Snowden is safe in Russia, but the fates of journalists who helped him and published his leaks are now of more concern for WikiLeaks, Julian Assange said in an exclusive interview with RT Spanish "€˜Behind the News"€™ host Eva Golinger. Assange also shared his views on the NSA scandal in Latin America and the future of freedom of information. [...]

German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere says Europe cannot return to normal business with the US following revelations that Washington spied on Chancellor Angela Merkel. “We can't simply return to business as usual,” de Maiziere said in a Thursday interview in response to a question about possible effects of the act of espionage [...]

Israel controls America, and Israel wants all the Middle East as a 'Greater Israel'. That's what it's all about. Why are the US and Israel so friendly anyway? That's a hugely controversial question. Though American support for Israel really is massive, including billions of dollars in aid and reliable diplomatic backing, experts disagree sharply on why. S ome possibilities include deep support fo [...]

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of several Ukrainian cities in protest at Kiev’s decision to suspend the EU trade agreement. A major rally for Euro integration with sporadic clashes is taking place in Kiev. Ukrainian police had to use teargas after a group of protesters tried storming government buildings in Kiev. [...]

The US government spending crisis has caused visible pain for research and innovation in America. Already this year, billions of dollars in federal cuts due to sequestration has affected federal grants for scientific research. But this problem is only the tip of a much bigger problem facing the redundant superpower. [...]

The father of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has arrived in Moscow. Lon Snowden's flight touched down at Sheremetyevo Airport - where his son famously spent five weeks in transit limbo before receiving asylum in Russia. The plane carrying Lon Snowden landed in Moscow Thursday morning, RT crew on the scene reported. [...]

Supporters of the Taliban and al- Qaeda in Afghanistan have been getting U.S. military contracts, and American officials are citing “due process rights” as a reason not to cancel the agreements, according to an independent agency monitoring spending. [...]

Roughly 40 percent of New York City’s military veterans are finding themselves facing hunger with few options for help, and the problem may be get worse in the future. According to Margarette Purvis, the president and CEO of the Food Bank for New York City, about 95,000 veterans need food aid such as those offered by soup kitchens and other hunger-relief organizations. [...]

Ethan Young, a high school student, clearly explains what we have forgotten about education. Recorded at the Knox County School Board Regular Meeting November 6, 2013 Share this video and spread the message: we will not accept these issues with education. Share this video and spread the message: we will not accept these issues with education.   Full video available here: http://kc [...]

Brazil, China and Venezuela sharply critical of 'illegal' programme but US says it has taken steps to introduce new guidelines. The US government has defended its use of drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and other countries in front of the UN, telling a chamber full of largely critical nations that in President Obama's view the deployment of unmanned aerial attacks [...]

A US debt default could hit on Thursday, and world leaders are second guessing the dominant role America plays in finance. Regardless of the final decision in Washington, confidence and credibility in the US has already eroded. In an editorial published by the Chinese state-owned press agency Xinhua, a columnist says the US economy has ‘failed’ and put many countries who hold state assets in d [...]

American taxpayers have unwittingly paid more than $150 million to companies throughout the Middle East that are known to have helped finance terrorist attacks on US soldiers stationed in Afghanistan, according to a new internal US government report. [...]

Only 18% satisfied with the way the nation is being run. Numbers from the latest Gallup poll reveal Americans’ confidence in the two-party dominated system has hit an all-time low, with only 18 percent saying they’re satisfied with the way the nation is being run. “This is the lowest government satisfaction rating in Gallup’s history of asking the question dating back to 1971,” admitted [...]

Glenn Greenwald: With General Alexander calling for NSA reporting to be halted, US and UK credibility as guardians of press freedom is crushed. The most under-discussed aspect of the NSA story has long been its international scope. That all changed this week as both Germany and France exploded with anger over new revelations about pervasive NSA surveillance on their population and democratically e [...]

42 years after Vietnam testimony, Kerry returns to Congress with Syria plea. In 1971, a young Naval lieutenant named John Kerry pleaded with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to stop a war. Four decades later, Kerry will return to that same committee table, this time as Secretary of State, to advocate for U.S. military action in Syria. [...]

The victims of a drone strike alleged to be launched last year by the United States spoke to members of Congress on Tuesday and urged the US government to stop killing civilians with weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles. Rafiq ur Rehman, a primary school teacher from North Waziristan, Pakistan, spoke through an interpreter on Capitol Hill [...]

Some 9,000 activists took to the streets of Tokyo on Sunday to protest nuclear power. The march comes as Japanese authorities are considering restarting the country's nuclear reactors, which were shut down in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster. [...]

Libertarian duo set to shake foundation of White House contest. Former Governor Jesse Ventura and radio personality Howard Stern are set Wednesday on Stern’s radio show to discuss the serious possibility of a 2016 presidential run. Talking on and off air to Alex Jones, Ventura made it clear this is very serious and not a stunt... [...]

Yet another nation has joined against the planting of Monsanto’s genetically modified creations, with a Mexican judge launching a complete ban on the growth of GMO corn field trials that were planned to move forward. Specifically, the judge cited numerous environmental risks regarding the implementation of GMO corn into the food supply of the nation, [...]

A computer system upgrade shut down the Electronic Benefits Transfer System nationwide on Saturday, leaving a countless number of shoppers stranded at the register. At about 9 a.m. Saturday, reports from across the country began pouring in that customers’ EBT cards were not working in stores. [...]