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,...

Environment – Beijing has released it’s pollution data after long, continuous pressure from environmental activists and its own people, and the results are surprising. Maybe a little unbelievable, too. According to Beijing’s environmental authorities, the air pollution in...

Environment – Ikea is setting quite the example. The Swedish furniture store is winning the race among big-box stores in placing solar panels atop open roof space, helping to offset its power consumption. All of this, of course, is done exclusively by illustration. By this time a year...

Animal Rights – China is currently in debate about the morality of eating cat meat, a tradition for some, and a vile practice for others. Regional paper Nanfang Daily reported an estimated 4 million cats are eaten in the country a year, and the number may be rising due to economic...

Social Issues – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that the government will soon exchange ambassadors with the troubled nation of Burma, a country that has seen heavy sanctions from the international community in the past two decades. The announcement follows a significant...

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...

Civil Rights – Straight couples in Cook County Illinois are ditching traditional marriages and applying for civil unions in an effort to stand in solidarity with the LGBT community. According to Cook County Clerk David Orr, many of the heterosexual couples who are opting for this...

Animal Rights – Clay’s Corner Store in Raleigh, North Carolina has a bizarre New Year’s tradition of lowering an opossum in a transparent box to the ground as the clock counts down. It’s called the “opossum drop,” an attempt to mimic the famous ball drop...

Social Issues – Hamas has confirmed that it would be shifting gears and halting its violent attacks on Israel as part of a rapprochement plan with the Palestinian Authority. A spokesperson for Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said that the Islamic party would be changing its emphasis...

Social Issues – While some North Koreans mourn and the West not-so-quietly celebrates, the world is left wondering what the death of Kim Jong-il means for the future of North Korea and East Asian security. In September 2010, Kim Jong-un was appointed his father’s successor and,...

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,...

Social Issues – The sex industry is a lot of things-and now it’s mostly a last resort for young scholars in the UK. Sounds wrong, doesn’t it? Well don’t blame the kids. Blame the colleges. Universities say they’ve gotten permission to triple next year’s...

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...

Social Issues – Free Speech and censoring seem to go hand in hand. You exercise your free speech rights, and you get censored. It’s as simple as that. However, some authors, who have been subjected to censoring, or in some cases, banning, of their books, are speaking out and...

Social Issues – A skeleton dressed in a Santa suit and nailed to a cross was set up on the Loudoun County courthouse lawn in Leesburg on Monday. The “macabre Kris Kringle was one of the nine approved displays for this Christmas season, but it was not standing for long. Someone tore...

Human Rights – Egypt looks set for a further series of political clashes after the ruling military declared that they, and not the elected-MPs, would have final say over the new constitution. With protests still ongoing, this is likely to inflame tensions even further and place an...

Social Issues – In a move reminiscent of the Bush administration, President Obama has overruled an FDA decision that would rightfully make Plan B available over the counter, and thus accessible to all females of childbearing age. “Taken up to 72 hours after sex, Plan B greatly...

Animal Rights – Animal fiend and Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov’s dog hatred finally manifested itself when a man had the NERVE to walk his dog in a restricted area. The “restricted” area was really only meant for members of the president’s...

Social Issues – As if Russia’s election on Sunday was not enough of a fraud, Fox News decided to apply some of its trademark stellar journalism to the farce. When covering the completely and utterly merited mass protests in Russia, Fox decided that the riot, well just wasn’t...

Human Rights – In Geneva on Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced via a memorandum from President Obama that the United States will support gay rights throughout the world. The administration vows to combat nations which criminalize homosexuality, foster abuse...

Human Rights – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad unintentionally admitted that he is batshit crazy when he told ABC that only a “crazy” leader kills his own people. “We don’t kill our people … No government in the world kills its people, unless it’s led...

Social Issues – An in-depth study conducted by The Guardian in collaboration with the London School of Economics (LSE) has attempted to delve into the causes of this year’s widespread UK riots. Interviews with 270 of the rioters have revealed a wide range of factors in motivating...

Civil Rights – Even though the anti-gay propaganda law is still pending, Russian lawmakers are striving to “spread” the law as they’re renewing their call to ban anything publicly gay. St. Petersburg’s terminology of “homosexual propaganda” is just...

Human Rights – Less than two weeks after outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a deal to turn over power to his deputy, violence erupts during a march in Taiz, Yemen’s third largest city. Reports indicate that a woman was killed by forces loyal to the outgoing president,...

Social Issues – Walking down the street has always seemed like a harmless thing to do, unless you’ve ever been the victim of being cat-called. Gone are the days of this sort of thing happening in construction zones. These days women are being harassed walking down the street, on...