1 hr ago | The Village Voice
How Undercover Animal Rights Activists are Winning the Ag-Gag War
One of the nearly 3,000 pigs at Country View Family Farms in Fannettsburg, Pennsylvania.
3 hrs ago | Creative Loafing Tampa
Environmental Activist Bill McKibben speaks at Eckerd College's 2013 Graduation
Sunday, May 19, marked the Silver Anniversary of the annual Eckerd College graduation commencement in Saint Petersburg.
5 hrs ago | Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
Chen Guangcheng: we must not wait for a "virtuous ruler"
Blind Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, made headlines around the world when he escaped house arrest and fled to New York with the help of U.S. officials.
9 hrs ago | WLOX-TV Biloxi
Tylertown puppy mill busted, official: "worst I've ever seen"
The Walthall County Sheriff's Department along with The Humane Society of the United States are in the process of raiding a puppy mill with approximately 80-100 dogs, living and dead, on Magee Hill Road outside of Tylertown.
12 hrs ago | US News & World Report
Adam Kokesh Arrested at Marijuana Rally
Adam Kokesh, co-chair of Iraq War Veterans Against the War, announces plans for a mass march against the war in September 2007.
16 hrs ago | Robert Sharp
Joannah Lumley on Human Rights Campaigning
After my panel discussion at the Liberty Conference, I stayed around to hear Joannah Lumley interviewed by Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti.
Russia targets pollster for 'political activity'
Levada Center published a letter, dated last week, from prosecutors who said its polls and publications are "aimed at shaping public opinion on government policy" and demanded it cease publication until it registers as a "foreign agent" under a law passed last year.
U.S. pesticide makers seek answers as bee losses sting agriculture
Monsanto Co is hosting a "Bee Summit." Bayer AG is breaking ground on a "Bee Care Center." And Sygenta AG is funding grants for research into the accelerating demise of honeybees in the United States, where the insects pollinate fruits and vegetables that make up roughly a quarter of the American diet.
Q&A: "Video Puts the Human into Human Rights"
The opportunities are endless to document human rights violations," Chris Michael, head of training and partnerships at WITNESS , tells IPS.
Man Arrested After Threat To Turn Puerto Rico Pride Into Another Boston Marathon-like Bombing
Joseph Morales Serrano has been arrested in Puerto Rico by the FBI after making a threat on Twitter to Pedro Julio Serrano , a well-known gay rights activist and suggesting the country's Pride celebration would resemble April's Boston marathon bombing.
PETA says IRS targeted it too, during Bush years
New charges from a liberal group that its tax-exempt status was questioned by the IRS are raising new questions that the tax agency is politically driven to please the party that controls the White House.
How Guantanamo affects China: Our human rights hypocrisies
In May 2012, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner were poised to make a rare double visit to China for a high-level strategic and economic dialogue.
Syria army storms rebel-held town
Heavy fighting is reported in the besieged Syrian town of Qusair after state forces launched a major offensive to re-capture the rebel stronghold.
Connie Williams, 72, East Camden activist
Connie Williams, 72, a community activist who worked with children and police to keep her East Camden neighborhood safe, died early Saturday, May 18, of lung cancer.
I knew from many friends that many families struggle and suffer terribly when a child/sibling finally comes out of the closet.
These few words have really helped me match my present and my future. Allowing me to move on and let go of the fears of any consequences, since at the end of the day deep inside I believe in what I do.
Belarus refuses to cooperate with UN body
This information appeared in March 2013, but human rights activists obtained the official document declaring the position of the Belarusian authorities only some days ago.
Obama's activism is starved for trust
Whatever else happens as a result of the multiple controversies that have engulfed the administration, one thing is clear: President Obama has failed to meet one of the most important goals he set out when he was first elected, which was to demonstrate that activist government could also be smart government.
Syria - Rights activists face terrorism charges - Free Award-Winning Journalist, Colleagues
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Assad: Syria transition talks are internal matter
Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics, raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war.