Animal Rights – The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) recently released a new PSA campaign featuring Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Michael Vick. Though this pairing seems unlikely, and has, of course, been met with skepticism on some fronts, many feel that Vick’s...

Social Issues – While Rallying against Obamacare, anti-choice Rep. Steve King, declared that he wants the government to “keep its law off his body.” Ironically, this is the same representative that advocates for legislation such as “the idea that life begins at...

Environment – Thanks to a visualization from NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio (maybe shortened to GSFCSVS) we are now privy to something that Van Gogh might have created, were he an animator. The visualization, which displays the currents of the...

Animal Rights — Earlier this month, we posted about IFEEL, a rapper who is bringing attention to the plights of animals through his hip-hop styled lyrics. For his latest project, IFEEL has written a song from the perspective of these creatures and critters entitled “Thank You.”...

Animal Rights – The beasts of Big-Ag have been busy lately, pushing legislation oddly coined, Ag-Gag laws. These laws, in a vegetarian nut-shell, would make it illegal for whistleblowers to document horrendous acts of abuse at slaughter houses and factory farms across America – think...

Animal Issues – The antics of a mega-pod of dolphins off the coast of Dana Point California was captured in an astounding video. Normal dolphin pods are between 16-20 dolphins, however the one captured in this breath taking clip is estimated to have nearly 2000 of the mammals. Watch the...

Social Issues – The hacktivist collective known as Anonymous is taking credit for an attack that has reportedly kept the CIA’s website offline intermittently since this past Friday. On Saturday, Anonymous apparently apologized for the attack (via video of course) saying that,...

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...

Social Issues – The 20-year-old responsible for “Glitter Bombing” Republican candidate Mitt Romney after the Colorado caucuses is facing up to six months in jail. Peter Lucas Smith, a student of the University of Colorado, explained that his action was less a protest of...

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...

Social Issues – Well known for his commitment to nuclear disarmament, actor Michael Douglas has teamed up with the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CNTBT) Organization to film a series of PSAs to raise support for the Treaty. The CNTBT outlaws “all nuclear explosions...

Animal Rights – A few times a year, a troop of wild mountain gorillas travel through Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, and this time, the gorillas got a little curious about one photographer. Click here to learn more about Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. To find out...

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,...

Environmental Issues – With all the stories in the news lately about beached whales dying, it’s nice to have a happy story about a whale for a change. Michael Fishback, co-founder of The Great Whale Conservancy (GWC), saved a young humpback whale from certain death. Fishback...

Human Rights – A video of a female protester in Egypt being beaten by police, with her shirt ripped open to reveal a blue bra, is lighting the blogosphere on fire as the Egyptian military police continued to clash with protestors in Tahrir Square on Sunday. In the video, the army...

Social Issues – First an ad campaign fashioned after a thriller movie trailer, now this. Ron Paul has released yet another ad campaign, this time targeting technology and spy thriller fans. This campaign is a direct attack on Newt Gingrich and depicts a woman scrolling through a touch...

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 – President Barack Obama speaks out about the Matthew Shepard Foundation and the rights of ALL humans, and the new bullying law that has been enacted to keep ALL children and young people safe. “The strength of our country has always been our ability to rise above...

Social Issues – When a bank slapped 103-year-old Vinia Hall and her 83-year-old daughter Vita Lee with an eviction notice, movers and deputies decided to not follow through with the process. WSBTC reported that the women had been struggling through a legal battle with Deutsche...

Environmental Issues – In the battle for environmental conservation, a storm rages, and our only option is to change the minds of those in alliance with the dark side. Or, it could just be that the folks over at VW are opposing environmental laws and while lobbying against them, Camden...

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...