The Beer Barrel

In the wake of the subprime implosion, the Obama Administration has stepped up its scrutiny of disadvantaged neighborhoods' credit access

By Clea Benson


Community activists in St. Louis became concerned a couple of years ago that local banks weren't offering...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/11/floridas-bestiality-law_n_860836.html

Best if watched in 720p

http://www.alternet.org/story/15075...the_telecoms?akid=6947.231843.cNKzhf&rd=1&t=3

At the dawn of the 20th century, the oil pipes defined America. As the 21st century emerges, the information pipes define America and the world.

A century ago, a...

Old article but a goodie


The diamond invention—the creation of the idea that diamonds are rare and valuable, and are essential signs of esteem—is a relatively recent development in the history of the diamond trade. Until the late nineteenth century, diamonds were found only in a few riverbeds in India and in the jungles of Brazil, and the...