The United States Is Literally Sucking the Blood of the Poor

Are you aware that the United States is now exporting more blood than corn or soybeans? Learn about the shocking truth behind the booming business of blood collection and how it’s sucking the life out of the poor.

Lee Camp
By Lee Camp
The US Is *Literally* Sucking The Blood of The Poor Lee Camp

You already know things are not good for a lot of people in the United States. As of two months ago, 64% of the country said they’re living paycheck to paycheck. Even if we exclude the million or so homeless across the U.S., recent data shows that approximately 5.3 million households are behind on their home mortgage payments. Another report

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Liberating Africa from Poverty Requires Changing Power Relations with the West 

The elevated political discourse emanating from African leaders and intellectuals gives one hope that the supposedly ‘poor’ continent is plotting an escape from the grip of western domination.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Africa colonialism Feature photo

Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city's well-organized streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world's leading brands in fashion, cars, and perfumes. Yet, amid all the expressions of wealth and plenty, an electronic sign by a bus stop flashed the images of poor-looking African children

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1 In 3 Americans Are Struggling: What If We United?

The Most Censored News with Lee Camp hosted by comedian/ writer/ raconteur/ provocateur/ saboteur Lee Camp is a twice-weekly look at the most censored stories within corporate media hosted by the new video platform Behind the Headlines – a MintPress video project that is 100% viewer supported.  Camp both brings to light stories that are […]

Lee Camp
By Lee Camp
In this March 24, 2021, file photo a woman eats at her tent at the Echo Park homeless encampment at Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles. A proposal by two Los Angeles city councilmen to set up temporary camps or "tiny homes" for homeless people in beach parking lots is drawing opposition. The motion asks the city administrative officer to evaluate and identify funding for temporary sites for "single-occupancy tiny homes or safe camping" at Will Rogers State Beach in Pacific Palisades, Dockweiler Beach in Playa del Rey and Fisherman's Village in Marina del Rey. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

The Most Censored News with Lee Camp hosted by comedian/ writer/ raconteur/ provocateur/ saboteur Lee Camp is a twice-weekly look at the most censored stories within corporate media hosted by the new video platform Behind the Headlines – a MintPress video project that is 100% viewer supported.  Camp both brings to light stories that are

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Lee Camp: We Know the Silver Bullet to Ending Poverty and Destitution But Choose Not to Use It

Universal basic income has been tried successfully countless times. So why the hell isn’t the US government implementing it?

Lee Camp
By Lee Camp
(Photo: Russell Shaw Higgs/Creative Commons)

Princeton, New Jersey (Scheerpost) — Here’s how the world should operate in simple terms: A certain country or region or city or township or Hobbit hole tries something in order to help their society or group or hovel — if it works, other places then do it. If it doesn’t work, other places don’t do it. It’s like when you were a kid and you saw your

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Lee Camp: It’s Time for Major Wealth Redistribution — Yes, I Mean It.

No need to be all apologetic about it, either, since we we would just be reclaiming the trillions taken by the billionaires.

Lee Camp
By Lee Camp
Wealth redistribution Feature photo

Princeton, New Jersey (Scheerpost) — It’s time for wealth redistribution. There, I said it. I know it’s the third rail of politics, but I’m not running for a damn thing, which makes me free to speak the truth. (Well, I am running for president of my neighborhood elementary school’s PTA, but I’m pretty sure I’ll win easily since my campaign slogan

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Bolivia: New Gov’t Sets to Work Undoing Damage Left by US-Backed Añez Regime

The Movement to Socialism party is already enacting widespread changes to Bolivia in an attempt to undo the damage of one year of US-backed austerity and military rule.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Bolivia Feature

Only weeks after their landslide victory, the leftist Movement to Socialism (MAS) party is already enacting widespread changes to Bolivia in an attempt to undo the damage of one year of military rule. Last November, a U.S.-backed coup removed democratically-elected president Evo Morales from power, placing the far-right authoritarian politician

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