Why must Edward Snowden either be a hero or a traitor? Why must we categorize people and events into sound bites that distort and deflect reality? Let’s say he had the good motives he says he had, couldn’t we still recognize the harm of what he did, including complicating existing tensions between the U.S. and…

A study by the non partisan CBO (Congressional Business Office) discovered that income tax breaks disproportionately benefit higher income households. It found that the top ten tax breaks, are “distributed unevenly across the income scale.” Those earning $450,000 or more, representing the top 1% of households, received more than17% of the savings in 2013. In…

A long expose on prostitution in Der Spiegel uncovers evidence that legal prostitution in Germany may indirectly be fueling sex trafficking. The current number of brothels is estimated to have grown to be between 3000 and 3500 with some 200,000 girls working as prostitutes. It is now a business of about 1.5 billion Euros. Most…