Multilevel marketing (MLM) programs are a legitimate way of selling products – think Amway, Tupperware and Mary Kay. They become illegal pyramid schemes when the emphasis is on recruiting new distributors rather than actually selling products. Most participants in pyramid…[Continue Reading...]
Over the past two years I’ve received multiple invitations to join Shincheonji’s Bible course and evangelism events. I’ve grown up Christian so I didn’t find the invitations odd. But I repeatedly declined them. However I was curious about the number…[Continue Reading...]
Fox News' chief national security correspondent on Monday questioned the validity of former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's nomination as President-elect Donald Trump's potential director of national intelligence, Mediaite reports. Jennifer Griffin wrote via X: "Tulsi Gabbard’s long involvement with the Science…[Continue Reading...]
A New York City man claims he was scammed by a Romanian national posing as a psychotherapist, who was able to “effectively brainwash” him into believing his soul — and those of his relatives — would be doomed to eternal…[Continue Reading...]
In cities around the world, vibrant advertisements for the Chinese traditional dance troupe Shen Yun catch the eye – on billboards, television and even on leaflets posted through front doors. "Swirling in colourful costumes", Shen Yun dancers are sent out…[Continue Reading...]
Alex Jones’ control of Infowars has lived on another day, although the long-term future of the site, known for peddling conspiracy theories, has been thrown into doubt after a bankruptcy judge blocked the results of a recent auction for the…[Continue Reading...]
Misogyny and male supremacy might lie at the heart of far-right ideology but that does not mean women are absent from such movements - with some caught up in the race riots that exploded across the UK this summer. Author…[Continue Reading...]
A California judge has ordered Olivet University to be shut down for violating education regulations, dealing a major blow to the Christian sect that runs the college and its controversial leader David Jang. The university and Jang followers are also…[Continue Reading...]
Reporter Richard H. Meeker covered Julie Christofferson v. The Church of Scientology for six weeks, during which he attended the civil fraud trial by day and served as WW’s de facto editor at night, sometimes sleeping on the floor under…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a Southern California white supremacist group has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for inciting violence at California political rallies in 2017. The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles said in a statement Friday that…[Continue Reading...]
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