Global Politics

Crime has been falling since the 1980s but it doesn’t look that way in the media. Corporate media cannot sell advertising if there is no sensationalism to hook readers in. What better hook to use than fear? Corporate media wants us addicted and hanging on to every word and narrative …

There’s been a lot of talk in the last decade or more about China buying up farmland, businesses, food processing plants, and resources in general. They’re building trade ports in some places. Mostly it is looked upon as a business venture. The housing economy is huge and it is a …