Animal Rights – South African veterinarian Charles van Niekerk has proposed a new way to thwart rhinoceros poaching: injecting their tusks with toxic chemicals. Even though it sounds iffy and unsafe, the pseudo-poison is borderline harmless to rhinos and it may discourage poachers from...

Just Weird – It turns out that a college diet of ramen noodles and Gatorade (you know, when you’re out of Natty Ice) is possibly the shittiest choice to make when it comes to nutrition. Perhaps that’s not the biggest surprise in the world, but the fact of the matter is that...

Human Rights – African immigrant girls in Spain are being confronted with the threat of female genital mutilation (FGM), a violently barbaric practice that has been made tradition by sub-Saharan immigrants. The process, literally female circumcision, is known for its sheer brutality and...

LGBT Issues – Dog the Bounty Hunter and his bleached/mulleted family have proudly volunteered themselves to help support the NOH8 campaign. While the Chapman family may seem to be almost the exact opposite of gay marriage advocates, they have taken their participation with NOH8...

Animal Rights – PETA is taking on the huge task of challenging the famous Michelin Guide to stop promoting restaurants that serve foie gras or shark fin soup. “Eating body parts of animals who were tortured can hardly be considered fine dining [...] Instead of rewarding...

Women’s Issues – Iran – Press TV, Iran’s public television channel, recently released a video reporting that 3,500 Iranian women have “officially registered as training to become ninjas.” By mastering a Japanese martial art, the women are asserting...

Animal Rights – After pushing for the 13th amendment (the one which prohibits slavery) to be applied to animals, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)’s lawsuit against Sea World has been dismissed. The quarrel between the marine theme park and the animal rights group...

Just Weird – Put on your surprise face, because it looks like Mississippi wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico, the “Gulf of America” — even though it makes little geographic or historical sense. Looks like we’ll have to throw that one in Mississippi’s racist...

LGBT Issues – The Russian city of St. Petersburg has collected over 250,000 signatures for a petition calling for the abolishment of its “gay propaganda” bill. Unfortunately, it might not have made a damn bit of difference, as reports are now saying that the city legislature...

Animal Rights – Between 10,000 and 20,000 bears are held in captivity on bile farms across Southeast Asia and are forced to suffer as their bile is harvested to be used in traditional Chinese medicine. In fact, the practice is so barbarically inhumane that the bears are driven insane...

Science & Tech – As science progresses, technology becomes, well, more badass. Artist Jalila Essaidi and a team of scientists from the U.S., Germany, South Korea, and the Netherlands have collaboratively developed “bulletproof skin.” Like I said…Badass. The...

Animal Rights – Indonesia – As hunters closed in and prepared to slaughter a defenseless pregnant orangutan and her baby, Four Paws, a British-based animal rescue group arrived in the nick of time, saving them from certain death. “Our arrival could not have been more...

Social Issues – The engineering geniuses at idealab have teamed up with Bill Gross to introduce WorldHaus, the new “affordable, eco-friendly modular kit houses.” According to Gross and his wife Marcia Goodstein, these houses are designed to be, first and foremost, affordable....

LGBT Issues – In a time when corporate giants seem notoriously unattached to anything beyond fiscal gain, Starbucks is making a fierce impact in the LGBT community by insisting on gay rights and marriage equality in Washington state, the business’s birthplace. Last week the...

Animal Rights – Grant Michael Teahan, a farmer in the heart of New Zealand, is facing the equivalent of a $40,000 dollar fine or 12 months in prison for spray painting hawks red after a Dannervirke District Court judge found Teahan guilty of ill-treatment of animals. Birdwatchers were...

LGBT Issues – In a touching ceremonial signing, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick made history for the state as he signed a new civil rights bill — A law which carries with it the protection of transgender citizens from discrimination in education, employment, housing, and...

Social Issues – Footage of an autistic student being brutally beaten has surfaced thanks to one particularly sick individual who filmed the incident and posted it to Facebook. The beating occurred at a school bus stop in Maryland, and luckily, the evidence fell into the hands of...

Civil Rights – A new bill proposed by Pennsylvania Republican Representative Charles Dent could potentially have the power to strip Americans of their citizenship in the event that they harbor “hostilities against the United States.” The purpose of the bill, officially...

Environment – When he’s not spouting off one-liners about America’s trash and proving to the world that most of us are NOT smarter than a fifth grader, Jeff Foxworthy is hard at work protecting the environment. The comedian recently granted a 1,000 acre conservation easement...

LGBT – Kuwait City – Kuwait is a dangerous place in general, but it’s a totally different story when it comes to the country’s transgender population. Under a 2007 discriminatory law, Kuwait police have justified their acts of torture and sexual abuse on transgender...

Animal Rights – As the world continues to grieve the 2006 death of the Crocodile Hunter (aka Steve Irwin), his father, Bob, is assuming Irwin’s passionate fight against the killing of sea turtles and dugongs in Australia. In celebration of Steve’s incredible contributions to...

Social Issues – In yet another instance of science fiction meeting reality, scientists have discovered a way to predict how long someone will live by measuring their genes in some of the earliest stages of life. Gattaca anyone? Apparently it’s all in the telomeres, which are...

LGBT Issues – There might be a rift in the McCain household as the former GOP presidential candidate’s wife and daughter are again supporting the LGBT equality movement NOH8. Over the course of his career, and especially during the 08′ election period, Senator McCain became...

Social Issues – Great news for the “dazed and confused” – It turns out that smoking marijuana is nowhere near as bad for your lungs as smoking cigarettes! A twenty-year study was just released which suggests that smoking a joint or two during the week, doesn’t...

Social Issues – “Each tree has 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?” Offensive? This math problem, along with others about beatings and slavery, was sent home with a class of third graders at Gwinnett County’s Beaver...

Social Issues – Hamden, Connecticut – After falling at a holiday party, a 22-year-old woman suffered a concussion and was taken by ambulance to Yale-New Haven Hospital for treatment. While en-route, the paramedic entrusted to save her life, allegedly raped her while she was...