Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
Monday 28 March 2011
US Oil Boom: Boon or Bane?
North Dakota is on track to become the second biggest oil producing state in the US. But with many of the oil fields located on a native American reservation, tribal members are wondering how the sudden boom will affect their way of life. Al Jazeera's Cath Turner has more
