Search giant Google continues to expand its monopoly on data control by introducing more new services. [...] It all sounds rather Orwellian, but the truth is that Google is slowly killing any form of privacy people have on the Internet.

On August 10, 2009 democracy activists from Uzbekistan started an open-ended hunger strike in front of Radio Liberty headquarters in Washington DC with the demand that it offer its air time for all leaders of Uzbek political opposition.

Stop bullying of LGBT schoolchildren, and others; Repeal DOMA {Defense of Marriage Act}; Repeal DADT {Don't Ask Don't Tell, in the Military}; Equality in the Workplace. We are ALL citizens; and ALL are entitled to the SAME Human Rights! Full Equality NOW!

Senate Passage Expected for Bill Linked to Matthew Shepard Making it Federal Crime to Assault Someone Over Sexual Orientation

In a speech delivered earlier this week at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, former British prime minister Tony Blair cast atheists and violent religious extremists in the same light, as enemies whom people of faith must "confront."

Link between dramatic rise in birth defects & pollution from coal-fired power plants. Clinics' staff threatened with closure if they spoke out. S African scientist exposed scandal. They can't just detoxify these kids, they have to detoxify all of Punjab

U.S. Space and Missile Defense Conference. The presence of the head of NASA indicated that the distinction between the military and civilian uses of space is rapidly disappearing."Missile Defense: Ruse And Reality" Visit site and read more? It's sickening

While Obama administration officials and the U.S. African Command (AFRICOM) representatives insist that U.S. foreign policy towards Africa isn't being militarized, the evidence seems to suggest otherwise.

Pakistan moved towards outlawing domestic violence when lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday that will punish those found guilty of beating women or children with jail terms and fines. The law, passed unanimously, was called a "big day" for Pakistani women.

A bloody trail that leads straight to the Indonesian army [...] For the Indonesian army, illegal timber and gold in West Papua is regarded as plunder, with scant regard for the rights of the West Papuan population.