Dr. Yuri Maltsev Reflects on Volkogonov Collection

VIDEO - Dr. Yuri Maltsev, an Austrian school economist and economic historian, discusses the Dmitri Volkogonov Archives with The New American magazine. Prior to defecting from the USSR in 1989, Dr. Maltsev served as an economist for President Gorbachev's reforms package of perestroika at the Russian Academy of Sciences....

Debunking the Myth that Common Core is State Led

VIDEO - In this short video produced by The New American, veteran educator Mary Black addresses the commonly held myth that the Obama administration-pushed plot to nationalize education through Common Core is somehow a "state-led" effort, rather than a scheme concocted by Big Government, Big Business, and billionaires like...

Common Core: Teaching Kids What — Not How — to Think

VIDEO - In this video about the Obama administration-backed Common Core education standards, veteran educator Mary Black highlights troubling elements including the teaching styles and the standards, saying they could lead to potentially disastrous effects for future generations of Americans and the nation itself. ...

Alongside Common Core, Feds Will Vacuum Up Data on Kids

VIDEO - Veteran educator Mary Black explains how, contrary to establishment claims, Common Core and the federal government's broader education "reform" agenda will indeed vacuum up huge amounts of information on American children for data-mining and other purposes. ...

Are You Prepared for the Daunting Future of Common Core?

VIDEO - Dr. Duke Pesta, academic director at Freedom Project Education, discusses the dangers of the new Common Core national education standards. He highlights the particular concerns parents should have about the upcoming health, sexuality, science, and history standards that will soon be used in our nation's public schools....

Educators Offer Inside Scoop on Wisconsin Common Core Hearings

VIDEO - In an exclusive in-studio video produced by The New American magazine, veteran educator Mary Black, who testified against Common Core October 3 at a Wisconsin hearing, speaks with fellow educational expert Dr. Duke Pesta about what happened and why the nationalization of education is a bad idea....

Data Mining Interpreted by Education Expert Joy Pullmann

VIDEO - Joy Pullmann, an education research fellow at the Heartland Institute, discusses Common Core data mining and testing consortiums with Duke Pesta. She describes how one set of standards provides opportunity for the federal government to collect information such as student behavior, attitude, persistence, and other nonacademic data...

Buyer Beware! Programs Offered to Property Owners Often Have Strings Attached

VIDEO - Kirsten Lombard of the Wisconsin 9/12 Project briefly describes "Farmland Preservation Agreements" and "Conservation Easements," programs that the State of Wisconsin offers to property owners. She talks about the dangers and the attached strings of these programs which ultimately work against not only property owners, but also...

Why You Should Be Outraged Over the NSA

VIDEO - Tom Eddlem, writer for The New American magazine, explains the violation and problems with the NSA collecting your metadata through your phone. Some citizens are not bothered by the fact that this passive information is being collected, but Tom explains why people should be more outraged. ...

Head of Jobs Pac Comments on Amnesty Bill S.744

VIDEO - Steve Salvi, founder of the Ohio Jobs & Justice Pac, shares his thoughts on what will happen in the United States if Bill S.744 gets passed by the House of Representatives. Interview was taped at the March for Jobs Rally held in Washington D.C. on July 15,...

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

VIDEO - Tom Eddlem, writer for The New American magazine, talks about the National Defense Authorization Act and how it specifically infringes upon American citizens' rights. ...