America Now

The effects of Hurricane Harvey on the state of Texas and of Hurricane Irma on Florida have brought a renewed focus to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and its…

Cars are increasingly becoming less mechanical and more electronic. Twenty years ago, many cars still had throttle cables that connected the accelerator pedal to the throttle. Nowadays the accelerator pedal…

Obama’s Deal with Russians In October 2010, Hillary Clinton’s State Department and government agencies on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) unanimously approved the partial sale…

Many observers of the increasingly partisan American political landscape believe the nation has not been this divided since at least the Vietnam war era, with some going so far as…

The ambush on US troops in Niger two weeks ago was reportedly executed by a group calling itself Islamic State in the Greater Sahara. The assault involved 40-50 extremists in…

In early October, Yahoo admitted that every single one of its 3 billion user accounts was hacked in 2013. The company reported, “recently obtained new intelligence” that showed that all…

On Thursday, October 12th, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on health care. The order states that its purpose is to promote choice and competition across the United States,…

This October marks the 100-year anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution that led to the creation of the first communist state. The corporate media has been awfully silent in remembering…

The relationship between Turkey and the United States continues to deteriorate, as the Turkish government retaliated against the United States government’s decision to temporarily stop processing non-immigrant visas. The Turkish…

Hurricanes seemed to receive most of the natural disaster media attention this summer, with the wildfires striking various parts of the United States receiving scant attention until just recently. Only…