Human Trafficking Tale; Sister-Sister — She Drives a Dodge Stratus

Human Trafficking Tale; Sister-Sister — She Drives a Dodge Stratus

You can read part I here and part II here Dedication for this work goes to NEWSREP’s own Sister, Ms. Joy B. Little Sister didn’t do out-calls; only in-calls. She didn’t have a drivers license and didn’t know how even to drive. She had autism to a degree, sweet of intellect and difficult to talk […]

4-star liars: What is happening to our senior military leaders?

4-star liars: What is happening to our senior military leaders?

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on October 27, 2017. It is being republished in conjunction with the announcement that Army General John Nicholson is relinquishing command of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan today (September 9, 2018). Like the various senior officers mentioned below, General Nicholson’s questionable track record deserves to be highlighted […]

Cocoa crop in danger after regional violence drives farmers from lands in Cameroon

Cocoa crop in danger after regional violence drives farmers from lands in Cameroon

Escalating violence in the Anglophone region of western Cameroon has threatened production of cocoa, as farmers and production companies are forced to flee the area due to violence. According to a report from Reuters, clashes between separatists and government forces have made the situation too dangerous for agriculture workers to remain safely in the area. […]

Markets climb after US and Mexico reach trade agreement

Markets climb after US and Mexico reach trade agreement

Markets climbed late on Monday after the announcement that the United States and Mexico had reached an agreement on the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) after several rounds of negotiations. According to a report from Reuters, both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed at “record-highs.” Technology stocks, in particular, saw significant increases in […]

Human Trafficking Tale: Sister Sister — Moving Targets are Hard to Hit

Human Trafficking Tale: Sister Sister — Moving Targets are Hard to Hit

You can read part one here Dedication for this work goes to Adam Cortez (Biggy-Small) Biggs, convicted trafficker of this essay’s protagonist. Little Sister appeared on www.backpage.com with the rigid regularity of a trafficked little sister, her and her other sisters. I think there were five in all at the time. The sisters’ posts appeared […]

How to prepare for the coming global recession and make money when it hits

How to prepare for the coming global recession and make money when it hits

In 2009 I walked away from my first business, it was a total loss. Literally and figuratively. I lost everything, and it was a very humbling experience.  I’m not an economist but I have been a business owner for 12 years, and prior losses have taught me to pay attention to the signs. Executives and […]

What’s happening in Bangladesh?

What’s happening in Bangladesh?

Chanting crowds. Bloody faces. Rubber bullets and metal pipes. Teenagers and police officers. These are the elements flooding the streets of Bangladesh right now. The government is rapidly trying to shut down internet access to protesters and prevent any images or video from being released that might shed light on what’s going on — so, […]

Wildfires in Greece: a Greek perspective

Wildfires in Greece: a Greek perspective

On July 23, a fire started on Mount Penteli in Attica. Its outcome was deadly, with 90 dead so far, 187 injured, and according to the official figures, another 23 are missing. Greece is a country where wildfires are common; long, dry summers combined with high winds in late summer along with the evergreen trees, are […]

Promising treatment on the horizon for traumatic brain injuries

Promising treatment on the horizon for traumatic brain injuries

In evidence generated from a ten-year study on Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI, a team led by researchers from Rutgers University have found two molecules that could be the key to the development of new drugs used to treat traumatic brain injuries. According to Mayo Clinic a TBI is described as the following; Traumatic brain […]

Here’s what we know about Tuesday’s heist of Sweden’s crown jewels

Here’s what we know about Tuesday’s heist of Sweden’s crown jewels

At around noon on Tuesday, alarms sounded at Strangnas Cathedral in Strangnas, Sweden. Law enforcement was immediately alerted, as the cathedral housed Sweden’s valuable and culturally significant crown jewels, but by the time they could arrive, the thieves, and a number of irreplaceable items, were already gone. An early assessment of the daring daytime heist, […]