Jan 08 2014
How States Can Nullify the NSA By Cutting Off Its Water Supply
With the NSA tracking our every phone call, text and email message, ordinary people are struggling to find ways to fight back. A group called the Tenth Amendment Center may have found the NSA’s achilles heel. Realizing that the security agency must rely on State municipal services like water and electricity to carry out their surveillance work, the group hopes to …
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A law hailed by California Governor Jerry Brown in 2013 was meant to address public over the controversial practice of “fracking,” or hydraulic fracturing. But SB 4* was a watered down version of what people calling themselves “frack-tivists” want. It requires a minimal level of regulation to be administered by the Department of Conservation’s Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources …
Pop music superstar Beyoncé released a new album a few weeks ago with no fanfare or publicity, catching her fans and critics alike off-guard. The self-titled album broke new ground for its lack of publicity, but also because it combined audio with visuals, consisting of 14 songs and 17 videos. What also set the album apart was the fact that Queen …
Uprising’s guest expert Arun Gupta (sitting in for Robert Jensen), Independent Journalist and regular contributor to the Guardian, In These Times, The Progressive, and Truthout, and co-founder of the Occupied Wall Street Journal and the Indypendent, analyzes today’s news headlines:
Travion Blount is a young man currently serving six life sentences plus 118 years in prison without parole. No, he did not commit multiple murders. In fact, he did not kill or injure a single person. The African American was part of an armed robbery in Norfolk, Virginia seven years ago. He was only 15 years old. 
Just a month before the Winter Olympics kick off in Sochi, Russia, President Vladimir Putin has spent $2 billion on security measures. Two suicide bombings in the nearby city of Volgograd in December which killed more than 30 people have raised serious concerns about terrorist actions during the games. Putin had harsh words for the perpetrators, calling for their “complete annihilation.” …
On January 1st, Coloradans gave the rest of the country a glimpse into what it is like to buy marijuana legally. Pot tourists came to Colorado from as far away as Australia to what is being dubbed the “Napa Valley of Marijuana.” 
