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An Apology, But No Compensation?
By: Daniel Nardini From 1946 to 1948, the U.S. government conducted secret medical experiments on unsuspecting people in Guatemala. An estimated 1,300 were infected with venereal diseases in an effort… Read more
The So-called “Hoax of the 20th Century
By: Daniel Nardini There are some books I truly distaste reading. The Hoax of the 20th Century by Arthur Butz is one of them. An associate professor at Northwestern University,… Read more
The Bloodbath in Honduras
By: Daniel Nardini The homicide rate in Honduras is 14 times what it is in the United States. Every day agents for the U.S. DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) go out… Read more
Protecting Children from Food Insecurity
By: Daniel Nardini I am thoroughly outraged, and I am sure all of my readers will be too. An African America lady named Angela Prattis, of Chester Township, a poor… Read more
No Reprieve in Arizona
By: Daniel Nardini In an act of defiance that borders on virtually declaring Arizona independent of the United States, Governor Teresa Brewer stated that no “illegals” shall receive state driver’s… Read more
Defending the Demagogue
By: Daniel Nardini One of the saddest things taking place in this country is extreme right wing neo-conservatives trying to rehabilitate the witch-hunting legacy of former U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy…. Read more
Fault Line in Anaheim
By: Daniel Nardini A friend of mine explained it to me this way. The majority of the residents living in Anaheim, California, are Latino—53 percent of all Anaheim residents are… Read more
War Against the Puerto Ricans in Alabama
By: Daniel Nardini The State of Alabama has become a place full of sad, tragic and atrocious stories of how poorly Latinos are treated there since that state passed its… Read more
The Eugenics Program in the United States
By: Daniel Nardini An exhibit from Germany is making its way through the United States on an aspect of the Holocaust where millions of people were slaughtered by the Nazis…. Read more
The Setting Up of a Civil Rights Unit in Alabama
By: Daniel Nardini The situation has gone so far out of hand that the federal government, at the insistence of the U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr., has set up… Read more »