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An ad campaign launched this week is asking jewelers to boycott gold from a proposed open pit mine that many Alaska Natives fear will ruin their way of life.
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin says that the band doesn't want to impose its political beliefs on others, but that band members feel an obligation to use their celebrity for a good cause.
Today the movement shows signs of coming apart beneath its leaders.
We have all heard the old saying "You can't really understand another person's experience until you've walked a mile in their shoes." and that is exactly what the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Men's March to stop Rape, Sexual Assault, and Gender Violence is doing…literal …
At just before eight o'clock as the sun was going down, all that could be heard for blocks was the chanting of hundreds of people marching through the city waving signs and demanding the right for safe streets and the end of sexual abuse and assault.
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) along with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), and the French League for Human Rights filed a complaint with the Paris Prosecutor before the "Court of F …
Demonstrations by thousands of Venezuelan students against planned changes to the constitution turned violent when they clashed with small groups of pro-Hugo Chavez supporters. Anti-riot police then moved in with tear gas.
Many an immigrant rights activist and blogger (not to mention immigrant students themselves) is mourning the defeat of the DREAM Act this week. And rightly so.
If you are concerned about the direction our nations and our world is headed, please take just a few minutes to read this invitation. Your participation is requested in the execution of a Great Big Plan.
Georgia's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of a young man who has been imprisoned for more than two years for having consensual oral sex with another teenager. The court ruled 4-3 that Genarlow Wilson's 10-year sentence was cruel and unusual punishment. ...
Attorney Derek Oatis, who represents several animal rights groups, argued the First Amendment requires the city to allow protesters to stage demonstrations near the entrance of the arena.
As a U.S. peace activist trying to change the aggressive foreign policies of my government, I have often looked to Canada for inspiration.
CNN has equipped a group of volunteers with cameras, laptops and a brand new Web site. They will blog and post videos of their lives and new jobs as they fan out across three continents for the next 12 months.
Today Daw Aung San Suu Kyi marks the end of her 12th year under house arrest - but there is another reason why Burma should be in our thoughts. "Even under the most crushing state machinery, courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilised man"
St. Joseph, Michigan is sleepy little town on the shores of Lake Michigan not far from where I grew up.
On an evening when he was presented with Kansas University's Dole Leadership Prize, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., called for young people to seek ways to be engaged in the community and praised the value of voting, "the most powerful institute we have."
Is education, by itself, an element of social change? Does it dramatically change the landscape of American society? No, no it does not. I won't deny that having an education makes you smarter, more perceptive, and possibly more critical, but all that stuff is for yourself.
As the architects of the 1970s women's movement age, they wonder if anyone will march in their place.
On Samhain night, Oct. 31 2007, people all over the world will be uniting in a ritual to help protect and preserve one of the most sacred sites in Ireland, and indeed the world: The Hill of Tara and the surrounding Skryne Valley, in County Meath, Ireland.
First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then …
There are a number of books denouncing the idiocies that pass for right-wing policy making, but most make the case in broad strokes and rarely penetrate beneath the headlines. Anrig's book is the first I've seen that really builds the detailed case.
At issue: the government's plan to require most public sector employees currently covered by "special regime" retirement schemes to work as much as 2.5 years before they qualify for full pensions.
The idea is for people all over the world to re-light the signal fires for Tara, but this time we are sending the energy back - focusing the light and protection back at Tara, from wherever we are in the world.
Endorse the call for a moratorium on Free Trade Agreements by signing this online petition.
The circus is coming to town. Again. So we're pulling out the signs and banners and going out to protest. Again. It's the small circus this time - Cole Brothers'. They're a cut-rate version of Ringling Brothers.
Sometimes, "Green Living" gets a lot of attention on recycling paper and cans - but businesses can do a lot more to "Greenify" their work-flow, and usually save a good amount of cash in the process. 20 years ago, it cost businesses and consumers more to live green.
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