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, […]

On this day in history: Iraq invades Kuwait

On this day in history: Iraq invades Kuwait

Kuwait, 1990 — Four divisions of the Iraqi Republican Guard and Iraqi Army SF units flood into Kuwait. Airports are seized, fighters are screaming overhead, and Kuwait forces are quickly overwhelmed. Kuwait aircraft are shot from the sky, and almost their entire Navy is sunk. Some Kuwaiti forces have more success than others in delaying […]

Drought in Afghanistan: Worst in recent history

Drought in Afghanistan: Worst in recent history

War, corruption, and poverty have plagued Afghanistan for generations. These have generally led to a myriad of exacerbating issues like a lack of healthcare infrastructure, education, and political unification. Now another devastating obstacle has struck the country: the worst drought in decades. Droughts of this magnitude are going to affect any country severely, but this one […]

Monsoons hit Myanmar/Burma hard

Monsoons hit Myanmar/Burma hard

In contrast to the devastating drought in Afghanistan, Myanmar/Burma has been experiencing intensely heavy monsoons recently. The rainy season comes every year around this time, and every once in a while it is particularly bad — in 2015, 100 people were killed, and 330,000 people were driven from their homes. This year, so far approximately […]