Curbing the Soda Industry’s Influence, One County at a Time
Colorado's Boulder County Board of Health will not take donations of any kind from the beverage industry.
Let’s End Torture in U.S. Prisons
Survivors call solitary confinement “living death.”
Check Out the Sunglasses Made From 100% Recycled Fishing Nets
An amazing idea to help fight plastic pollution and fund their efforts - Bureo has launched their line of sunglasses made from 100% recycled fish nets.
How Your Used Clothes Can Help Malala Change Girls’ Lives
Donated garments are helping aid the Malala Fund’s efforts to ensure girls around the world get the education they deserve.
Using Courts To Build The Movement
The lesson from history is the movement is bigger than the courts. If we keep building on court decisions whether they are with the movement or against it, we will prevail.
NYPD Triples the Strength of Their Pepper Spray Because the Old Stuff Didn’t Hurt...
Just what the NYPD needs, a better way to inflict suffering.
Japan Kills 333 Minke Whales Including 200 Pregnant Females
Japan’s Fisheries Agency resumed its whaling program in the Antarctic Ocean despite a landmark 2014 ruling from the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
North Korea Confirms its First Hydrogen Nuclear Bomb Test
North Korean government has stated that the 5.1 magnitude quake event was a successful hydrogen nuclear bomb test.
Hong Kong Announces Plan to Ban the Ivory Trade
Hong Kong announced on Wednesday that it plans to ban the domestic ivory trade.
Poachers Killed More Than 1,000 Rhinos for the Third Year in a Row
South African officials report that fewer of the animals were poached in 2015, but deaths rose in neighboring Namibia and Zimbabwe.