Over a month after the capture and imprisonment of the Greenpeace Arctic 30, a published letter from Swiss activist Marco Weber promises that he has no regrets: “Sometimes you have to get the ball rolling.” Published Sunday in the German newsweekly Sonntagszeitung, Marco writes (translated) that the “situation is hard to bear,” though adding, “but…
Read moreOcon: ‘No secret that I aim to be on the podium soon’
Esteban Ocon hailed the “incredible form” that put his Renault teammate Daniel Ricciardo on the podium twice recently, but the Frenchman vows to also step up onto the rostrum at the earliest opportunity. Ocon returned to the grid this season after a year on the sidelines, but the Frenchman’s performance has lagged relative to Ricciardo…
Read moreWhat's Right with Sweden? Prisons Close as Demand Falls
As study after study (after study) in the United States over the last several decades have shown a prison population explosion that demands additional, larger, more expensive—and increasingly privatized—prisons, the trend in Sweden might hold a lesson on how to end the ever-expanding incarceration rate. In fact, instead of building new prisons or holding steady…
Read moreRussell Brand: 'Revolution Is Coming… I Ain't Got a Flicker of Doubt'
The British left weekly New Statesman has taken a chance on an up-and-coming rogue editor, but the actor-comedian and newly welcomed progressive-minded firebrand Russell Brand seems so far to be a brilliant and elegant choice. Tapped to guest-edit the magazine’s ‘Revolution’ issue this week, Brand is making waves both for his feature-length essay on the…
Read moreCourt Blocks Reform of Unconstitutional Stop-and-Frisk
To the dismay of civil rights advocates, on Thursday a federal appeals court blocked the implementation of reforms to the New York City Police Department’s controversial “stop-and-frisk” program, which had been ordered in an earlier district court ruling. The decision today by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will delay a ruling by District…
Read moreYoshinobu Kanemaru off NJPW show due to knee injury
Yoshinobu Kanemaru is off this Thursday’s NJPW Road to Power Struggle show due to injury. NJPW has announced that Kanemaru will miss Thursday’s Road to Power Struggle event in Kochi after suffering a right knee injury: Yoshinobu Kanemaru has sustained an injury to his right knee, and will be unable to compete on November 5’s event…
Read moreWho's Least Critical of NSA Spying? Democrats
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll released Thursday reveals that while a growing number of Americans feels that the National Security Agency violates privacy, the party the least critical of the agency’s surveillance activities are Democrats. The poll found that, overall, an increasing number of Americans believes that the NSA’s activities intrude on their privacy….
Read moreWorld's First Climate Refugee Rebuffed by New Zealand
A man from the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, 37-year-old Ioane Teitiota, has been refused his bid to attain legal asylum status as one of the world’s first climate refugees after a judge in New Zealand on Tuesday rebuffed his appeal. Teitiota’s ongoing legal challenge presents the case that rising sea levels caused by human-caused…
Read moreFlammable Water Near Gas Drilling Sites in Louisiana
Flammable tap water, a horror the film Gasland brought to the big screen, is reality for one Dixie, Louisiana family. The Parker family, who resides in the Shreveport-area town near natural gas drilling sites, has “been having issues with their water for about a year,” according to local news KSLA. They made the discovery of…
Read moreSpies vs. Gamers: Docs Show NSA Infiltrates Digital Playlands
Orcs, witches, goblins, elves… and yes, NSA trolls. New internal NSA documents made available by whistleblower Edward Snowden and reported on by the Guardian, New York Times, and Pro Publica on Monday reveal that in addition to previous revelations, the U.S. spy agency has been systematically monitoring the digital landscapes of World of Warcraft, Second…
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