Human overpopulation is the number one threat to wild and domestic animals worldwide. Whatever humans do to use, abuse, kill or displace animals , the effect is magnified by the number of people on the planet, which is now approaching …
We feel that Animals have the same rights as retarded children – Alex Pacheco Cofounder, PETA These people are sick…..and here’s why.
Bolivia has banned the use of non-human animals in circuses. The new law says that the use of animals in circuses “constitutes an act of cruelty,” and was passed after an undercover investigation by Animal Defenders International, …
Since our prisons (usually) claim that the goal of incarceration is rehabilitation, they should offer opportunities for creative expression. The arts are an important form of both training and the…
NOTE: I apologize for not getting this posted yesterday. I didn’t expect to spend 9 hours in LaGuardia airport yesterday with shaky Internet access…I’ll just push everything back a day. My bad….
Fifty-five years ago, the United States Supreme Court declared that providing “separate but equal” educational opportunities to students based on race denied students of color the equal protection …
Traveling at the moment, which means a great deal of quality time with my i-pod. (Shades of a co-dependent relationship, truth be told.) Anyhows, now struggling with the same question that has ve…
HOW TO: Use the Web for Socially Responsible Shopping : Mashable puts together one of it’s cool lists for socially-conscious shopping , featuring some of my favs like Knowmore.org and Good Guide.
In 2004, filmmaker Angela Shelton set out on a journey across the United States to meet other Angela Sheltons in an effort to survey women in America. What she discovered was that 24 out of 40 Ang…
Yesterday, in a meeting of autism researchers I attended, a researcher described people with Retts as having “no souls.” That Retts “takes the souls” of girls.