
Jorge Steven Lόpez-Mercado, an openly gay teenager in in Caguas, Puerto Rico, was slain in November 2009. Lόpez-Mercado was decapitated, dismembered and partially burned, and his assailant claimed to be motivated by "gay panic". ...

From the newswire: "On Tuesday, the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign kicked off its first day with a successful blockade at the home of Lenise Forrest, a community member and mother of two...

Nearly a year ago, I was driving along, listening to National Public Radio – the station was airing Gwynne Dyer’s three-part radio piece, entitled, “Climate Wars.” It was the first time I heard anyone tie together climate change, food shortages, politics, widespread civil unrest and geoengi...

Saturday, November 21, 2009 - Students at CSU-Fresno took over the university library, keeping it open for 24 hours from Friday - Saturday morning...

The U.S. legal system says we are presumed innocent until proven guilty, but Tariq Mehanna joins the many defendants who have not enjoyed this presumption. In our post-9/11 world, it is a widely accepted notion that devout Muslims are conspiring to commit acts of terrorism and violence...














