As part of fulfilling a Freedom of Information Act request, Virginia’s Richmond Police Department accidentally released homeland security and…
L.A. Street Artists Stage Laser-Light Protest of Censorship on Museum of Contemporary Art
Last month, the Italian street artist Blu had his anti-war mural removed from the wall of the Geffen Contemporary…
A Look at Climate Actions in Cancun
While delegates at the UN climate conference in Cancun were busy saving the 20-year climate negotiations from imminent collapse,…
No Tar Sands Oil Campaign Tries to Prevent Next Oil Disaster
President Obama and the State Department are considering the permit for a 2,000-mile dirty tar sands oil pipeline, known…
The New Breed of AIDS Activism
Last week, in acknowledgment of World AIDS Day, the New York Times ran a piece about a new breed…
The Undermining of Britain’s Student Protest Against Cuts and Tuition increases
Tens of thousands of students marched through central London yesterday to protest government cuts of colleges and universities, as…
Protesting for Fair Trade on Halloween
According to an interesting piece in Yes! Magazine, “an anticipated quarter of a million Reverse Trick-or-Treaters are bringing the…
Recipes for Resistance: How Eating Some GMOs Can Be a Form of Protest
As genetically modified organisms become more prevalent, so do protests against them. In just the past few months, French…
Malcolm Gladwell, Digital Activists, and What the Two Are Missing
When Malcolm Gladwell’s much talked about New Yorker piece on activism and social media came out last month, I…
White House Botches Solar Panel Announcement
When Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced last Monday that the White House will soon be installing solar panels and…
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