Unless you have tyrannical boss, deciding when and where to use the bathroom isn’t exactly rocket science. For women in India though, their “Right To Pee” has actually become a movement in an effort to get better public bathroom facilities and to not have to pay to use...

Civil Rights – Pennsylvania has approved a bill demanding photo identification to vote. State, federal government, nursing home Ids, or state university IDs are now mandatory for those who wish to vote. It’s a decision that some see as ostracizing those who are simply forgetful but...

Civil Rights – If you’re the female victim in a domestic violence case you may soon be out of luck when it comes to getting the support and help you need. Some members of the senate are opposing the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). First inducted as a law in...

Civil Rights – Freedom of the press in Chile has come under scrutiny this week, following the arrest of photojournalist Jason Suder at a protest in Santiago. While Suder was released without charge hours later, the incident has been identified as symbolic of a wider trend of harassment...

Civil Rights – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined Proposition 8, the 2008 measure voted in by Californian voters to ban same-sex marriage, unconstitutional. There is no doubt this will be appealed to either a larger panel of the Circuit Court or straight to the U.S....

Civil Right – A federal appeals court will make a ruling tomorrow on whether or not the Proposition 8 ban on same sex marriage in California is “constitutionally valid.” “We are very hopeful that the 9th Circuit will rule in favor of fairness and equality, once and for...

Civil Rights – Even though apartheid ended in South Africa 20 years ago, its ghost lingers. A recent political poster for the Democratic Alliance’s student wing has caused quite a controversy on a number of fronts. The poster, which depicts a nude white man and a nude black woman...

Civil Rights – Rhode Island teen Jessica Ahlquist isn’t receiving the warmest reception after winning a suit for the removal of a prayer banner in her High School, Cranston High School West. Despite demanding her constitutional rights, she has received criticism on and offline,...

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...

Civil Rights – Human Rights Watch has identified the recent conviction of five people under an anti-terrorism law in Ethiopia as a violation of freedom of speech and due process rights. The five people include three journalists, an opposition leader, and a woman. All are being...

Civil Rights – Saudi Arabia has announced its intention to begin enforcing a 2006 law banning men from working in female lingerie and cosmetic stores. The law was created in response to the embarrassment of women when purchasing their undergarments from male shop attendants. The lack of...

Civil Rights – Saudi Arabia, infamous for its misogynistic policies rooted in religious extremism, is making some long needed progress in terms of women’s rights. The women of the state officially no longer need a male guardian’s approval to vote or run in the upcoming municipal...

Civil Rights – Honolulu – On Monday, two California ladies slapped a Hawaiian bed and breakfast with a lawsuit for denying them service because they’re gay. The Aloha Bed & Breakfast sounds inoffensive, but taking a look into the investigation, the joint openly...

Civil Rights – Could there be anything scarier than a flash mob of angry, nursing mothers? No. After Claire Jones-Hughes was told to stop feeding her infant in a café, the mother didn’t lash out in an enraged, postpartum fit. She instead organized a breastfeeding flash mob,...

Civil Rights – An activist has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for insulting Thailand’s King in what is now the third case within in a month that invoked the strict law against defaming the monarchy. Daranee Charchoengsilpakul, awesomely nicknamed “Da Torpedo” for...

Civil Rights – Nursing mother Simone dos Santos was yet another victim of a serious women’s rights violation. As she was feeding her four-month-old in the empty hallway of a D.C. government building, she was interrupted by two guards who demanded that she stop feeding her...

Civil Rights – Thousands of people march to protest new voter ID laws requiring students to have a state issued identification card to vote. Apparently, students have generally been allowed to vote in elections with just their student IDs. What makes this interesting is that if you live...

Civil Rights – To avoid any awkward situations, Mitt Romney shouldn’t be allowed within 100 feet of any homosexual – because you know, they like to ask questions. Seduced by the guise of a flannel shirt and a Vietnam hat, Romney approached Garon with a smile, proudly...

Civil Rights – Oh, multibillion dollar conglomerates, always confusing excessive amounts of cash with free speech – Let Los Angeles spell it out for you. The LA City Council voted to support a measure for a constitutional amendment that would state that corporate giants are NOT...

Civil Rights – A new Palm Beach truancy court is devising plans to lower the state’s absentee rate for children by punishing… the parents? Florida laws states that parents of children (under the age of 16) cannot let their kid miss 15 days of school within a sixty day...

Civil Rights – Whose brilliant plan was it to slap the faces of Frederick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony on the new anti-abortion bill? Oh, right GOP lawmakers. Right away, any socially-aware person can see the problem here. But for the confused, I shall explain: the new faces of pro-life...

Civil Rights – After the recent fiasco involving two German workers in Alabama being detained for not carrying proper identification, the state of Alabama is rethinking their immigration strategy. Oh Alabama – maybe you are learning! Republican Governor Robert Bentley said that he...

Civil Rights – Tens of thousands of Russians have taken to the streets to criticize election fraud and call for an end to autocrat Vladimir Putin’s reign, with an even larger protest called “For Fair Elections” set to take place. The protests that took place in the wake...

Civil Rights – Michele Bachmann on Fox News Sunday told host Chris Wallace that if Armageddon occurs – in other words if she is elected president of the United States – that she will stop judges from having the audacity to tell people what the laws are! Or in other words, do...

Civil Rights – In a country where blasphemy can earn you 500 lashes and sex segregation is widely practiced, it is easy to think that there is little left to horrify you about human rights in Saudi Arabia. Professor Kamal al-Subhi is, however, doing his utmost to deliver a new dose of...

Civil Rights – With all the protesting going on around the world governments tend to use whatever means possible to shut them down before change can happen. However, Myanmar’s president has just pushed through a new law which will allow citizens to peacefully protest if they...

Civil Rights – After a turnout of 62%, the recent Egyptian parliamentary elections appear to have secured a majority of seats for Egypt’s main Islamist parties. Initial counts have confirmed the predictions of many analysts that the Muslim Brotherhood and hard-line Salafist parties...

Civil Rights – Many in the land down under seem to be over marriage discrimination. A new video posted Australian advocacy organization GetUp is going viral, accruing almost three million YouTube hits in just one week. The two-minute video follows a young couple’s relationship...

Civil Rights – The Senate is gearing for a vote this week on a bill that will direct American military resources not at an enemy shooting at our military in a war zone, but at American citizens and other civilians beyond battlefields, including those in the U.S. itself. In a blog post,...

Civil Rights – Back in the 80′s, 88-year-old conservationist Bob Wallace invented the simplistic yet effective Polar Pure: a plastic bottle which held a reservoir of crystalized iodine at the base to purify water. The gadget was hailed by all the expected types-flood victims,...

Civil Rights – In efforts to demean the injustices of the UC Davis police officer’s barrage of chemicals on peaceful protestors, Fox News hosts roll their eyes as if to say, “chill out.” The network’s prize-dinosaur, Bill O’Reilly asks other Fox News host Megyn...

Civil Rights – Egypt’s military rulers have agreed to speed up presidential elections, a key demand of the protestors flooding Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Field Marshall Mohamed Hussein Tantawi said on national TV the elections would happen by July 2012. He also promised the...

Civil Rights – Alabama has been hard at work “cracking down” on illegal immigration more than ever as a law that the state passed back in June has succeeded in punishing brown people. But the arrest of a non-Hispanic, German Mercedes-Benz executive might just prove that the...

Update November 20, 2011 Once again proving that logic escapes most people, some Religious leaders in Saudi Arabia believe that if a woman gets behind the wheel of a vehicle and drives, (which is illegal in the Muslim nation) she will become promiscuous or gay… I will just let that one...

The Palestinian activists, who were detained and then released a few hours later in the West Bank, dubbed themselves “Freedom Riders” after 1960s American civil rights activists who worked to counter racial discrimination in the U.S. South. Their actions highlighted how some...

Civil Rights – Colorado- With the public school system still stuck in the Stone Age, two teens reported that they are being punished by their high school for their sexual identity–both students are transgender. Sixteen-year-old Dionne Malikowski said that she had been suspended...

Civil Rights – The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Respect for Marriage Act on November 10, 2011.

 That means the 
Respect for Marriage Act will see a Floor Vote, and another step was taken in the battle to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA has been...

Civil Rights – The Palestinian government seems resigned to losing its bid to be recognized as a full member state, as the United Nations Security Council vote looms in front of them. Two Israeli newspapers, Ha’aretz and Yedioth Acharonoth reported that “the Palestinian...

Civil Rights – There is no consensus among the 15 Security Council nations on the Palestinian application for U.N. membership, according to a draft report that summarized members’ views. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki blamed the United States, Israel’s closest ally,...

Civil Rights – Michigan’s new Anti-bullying bill which contains controversial language that essentially gives bullies permission to harass people as long as they have a “sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction” against homosexuality, is likely to be...

Civil Rights – Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader has spoken out about the string of Tibetans who have self-immolated this year, saying that the desperate conditions they face under the rigid control of Beijing are behind it. At least 11 Tibetans have lit themselves up this year in...

Civil Rights – Several top U.S. companies, including Google, Microsoft, and Starbucks, have signed on to protest the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Wanting their collective voices to be heard on the constitutionality of DOMA, 70 companies and organizations have filed a brief in court...

Civil Rights – When it comes to LGBT advocates, one of the last things that come to mind for so many Americans is… A pastor? Midwestern minister of Holland, Michigan, Bill Freeman has been pushing city council meetings to amend the anti-discrimination laws to include legal...