The U.S. House of Representatives has given the green light for the “Sportsmen’s Heritage Act,” a bill that will widen hunting allowances across national parks. The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (which certainly sounds like a for-the-good-of-all group) stated...

Social Issues – The Food and Drug Administration has been ordered by a federal court to “act on scientific knowledge that the overuse of antibiotics in food animals has contributed to the rise of antibiotic resistant infections in humans.” It’s a ruling that could have...

Human Rights- After being forced to marry her rapist due to Article 475 in the Moroccan Penal code, which absolves the “rape of a minor if it is followed by marriage,” Amina Filali, a 16-year-old girl, committed suicide. Activists claim that Amina was violated by her rapist,...

LGBT Issues – House Bill 1434, which seeks to “define” marriage as being between one man and one woman is scheduled to be voted on today by a Pennsylvania house committee. If passed, the bill will also prohibit other legal unions that can be treated as marriage such as...

Animal Rights – You may remember the horrible story from October 2011, where an exotic pet owner in Ohio let his animals free and then took his own life. The scene ended with authorities killing 48 animals, including an endangered Bengal tiger. Well, this past Thursday saw the entry of a...

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....

Human Rights – After increasing pressure from women’s rights and gay advocacy groups, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has made the first major change to the definition of rape in more than eighty years. U.S. Officials have said the term will now not only acknowledge...