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WHAT’S ON TV

What’s on TV

Meet a Scientologist: Deering Banjo

The banjo is saved from the dust-bin of music history by a married couple from San Diego, California. 

by John Scura

What’s on TV

Meet a Scientologist: Assaff Rawner

Assaff Rawner shows off his amazing machines and discusses the ingenuity required to meet the complex demands of the motion control industry.

by John Scura

What’s on TV

Meet a Scientologist: Nick Ferguson

Scientologist Nick Ferguson made his dream of playing in the NFL come true, despite all the odds.

by John Scura
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE

Human Rights Abuse

APA Continues to Flog Involuntary Commitment

APA magazine article touts involuntary commitment, claims times have changed and ignores horrendous scenes of Florida children in handcuffs. 

by John Scura

Human Rights Abuse

Amazon’s New Law Enforcement Facial Tech Stirs Up Protests

With the news that Amazon currently is selling its new facial recognition software, Rekognition, to law enforcement agencies, a number of rights and…

by John Scura

Human Rights Abuse

The Child Sex Slavery Sellout Part 7

How an online hub of sex trafficking weaves a web of lies to keep profits flowing, at untold cost to children’s lives.

by Ajay Singh

Human Rights Abuse

The Child Sex Slavery Sellout Part 6

How an online hub of sex trafficking weaves a web of lies to keep profits flowing, at untold cost to children’s lives.

by Ajay Singh

Human Rights Abuse

The Child Sex Slavery Sellout Part 5

How an online hub of sex trafficking weaves a web of lies to keep profits flowing, at untold cost to children’s lives.

by Ajay Singh

Human Rights Abuse

The Child Sex Slavery Sellout Part 4

How an online hub of sex trafficking weaves a web of lies to keep profits flowing, at untold cost to children’s lives.

by Ajay Singh

Human Rights Abuse

The Child Sex Slavery Sellout Part 3

How an online hub of sex trafficking weaves a web of lies to keep profits flowing, at untold cost to children’s lives.

by Ajay Singh

Human Rights Abuse

The Child Sex Slavery Sellout Part 2

How an online hub of sex trafficking weaves a web of lies to keep profits flowing, at untold cost to children’s lives.

by Ajay Singh

Human Rights Abuse

Child Sex Slavery: The Sellout

Online hub Backpage.com: Weaving a web of deceit, hiding behind protections for a free press, profiteers enabled sex trafficking of exploited children.

by Ajay Singh

Human Rights Abuse

Mass Graves Discovered in Myanmar

The Associated Press has confirmed the existence of at least five Rohingya mass graves in Myanmar, despite government claims that the massacres never happened.

by John Scura
DRUG ABUSE

Drug Abuse

First-Ever Criminal Charges Filed Against Drug Distributor and Executives from Opioid Crisis

New York company to pay $20 million in penalties; two executives facing life in prison over charges of intentionally trafficking in millions of pain pills…

by Michael Brennan

Drug Abuse

Pharmaceutical Firms Continue to Inundate Towns with Opioids

Williamson, West Virginia—Over the last 10 years, out-of-state drug companies have sent 20.8 million prescription pain killers to just two pharmacies four blocks apart in Williamson, population 2,900.

by John Scura

Drug Abuse

Post Office and State Department Blamed for Opioids in the Mail

An investigation by Senators Rob Portman of Ohio and Tom Carper of Delaware blames the U.S. Postal Service and the U.S. State Department for the flood of dangerous drugs to users through the mail.

by John Scura

Drug Abuse

Enormous Increase in Women Using ADHD Meds Face New Risks

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that the number of American women taking ADHD drugs quadrupled since 2003.

by John Scura

Drug Abuse

Nevada Doctors Balk at New Opioid Prescription Law

On January 1, Nevada’s new Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Act (AB-474) kicked in, and already doctors in the state are complaining.

by John Scura

Drug Abuse

New Lawsuit Could Open the Floodgates on the Sackler Family

In perhaps the most horrifying statistic of this 21st century, nearly 200,000 people have died from prescription opioid overdoses since 2000.

by John Scura