Lyrics: Restricitng immigration won’t solve this country’s problems The refugees are only our leaders scapegoats Bigoted politicians claim that immigration i…

The American College of Obstretics and Gynecology believes that birth control pills should be made available over-the-counter and many countries…

Unnecessary and excessive: That’s what one man is calling a fierce encounter he captured on video between a CHP officer and a woman.

James Earl Jones reads excerpts from Frederick Douglass’ speech “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” (July 5, 1852). –DemocracyNow: July 5, 2004. It i…

This Fourth of July, I’d like to thank the anarchists, radical labor unions, draft dodgers, traitors, tax evaders, protestors, and revolutionaries who lived and died defiantly, who were shamed and written out of history.

I would also like to thank the people who less directly challenge authority in their everyday lives, who live as they wish in spite of oppressive social expectations. You don’t have to be a revolutionary warrior to be a freedom fighter.

A former NSA technical chief has told Germany’s parliament that the US agency has become a “totalitarian” mass collector of data. German public broadcasters say the NSA targets German individuals who encrypt data.

Non-violent offenders currently make up 90 percent of the federal prison population.

Learning about Linux is not a crime—but don’t tell the NSA that. A story published in German on Tagesschau, and followed up by an article in English on DasErste.de today, has revealed that the NSA is scrutinizing people who visit websites such as the Tor Project’s home page and even Linux Journal.