Freedom of the Press for who?

Freedom of the Press for who?

America boasts being home of the free, but independent journalist Brandon Jourdan says that the members of the press aren't as free to do as the First Amendment makes them out to be. Speaking from Netherlands on World Press Freedom Day, Jourdan recounts his tales of being arrested for documenting American events and being detained and searched regularly at border crossings.

Is Freedom of Assembly alive in America?

Is Freedom of Assembly alive in America?

Forty years ago marked the biggest mass arrest in history when 10,000 anti war protestors were arrested at the height of the conflict in Vietnam. From 1971 to 2011, however, the popularity of protests has fallen drastically in the US. Why are Americans so reluctant to protest today? RT's Adam Kokesh discusses the decline of assembly among angry and angsty Americans.

Celebrity Rehab's Dr. Drew talks addiction

Celebrity Rehab's Dr. Drew talks addiction


The 23-year-old head of a controversial Russian drug clinic has been sentenced to 3.5 years in jail for abducting addicts and forcing them into rehabilitation. What if the United States used this form of treatment? Dr. Drew Pinksy stops by RT to discuss the drug epidemic and rehabilitation methods in the US.

Tea Party: Political Force or Storm in a Teacup?

Tea Party: Political Force or Storm in a Teacup?


The Tea Party Patriots Convention kicked off in Richmond, Virginia last weekend as Tea Party favorites like Ron Paul, Lou Dobbs and George Allen took to the stage amid cheers from the 2,800 attendees. But although it's been lauded as a political force to be reckoned with in the November elections, the Tea Party hurricane might just be a storm in a teacup. The 33 Tea Party groups from across Virginia struggled to define their platform and present themselves as an inclusive grassroots movement amid criticism about racism and loyalty to establishment Republicans

Americans living in a police state?

Americans living in a police state?


The FBI raided the homes of a number of anti-war activists in Chicago and Minneapolis. The Activists are planning demonstrations against the FBI. Is this a sign of a growing American police state? Former Reagan official Paul Craig Roberts argued that the US government is establishing in the mind of the public that anyone who criticizes the War on Terror is aligned with terrorists. He further argued that under the rubric of terror the government has stripped American's of their civil liberties.