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Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly
By | 04/09/2013 | Activism

In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, former Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and husband Mark Kelly discussed their positions on gun policy, including an expansion on background checks, which is currently being considered…

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Photo: Occupy Wall Street // occupywallst.org
By | 01/01/2013 | Activism, Headline, Movements | 7 Comments

A recent find by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund revealed secret nationwide monitoring of Occupy activists.

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TooManyStars
By | 10/23/2012 | Activism, Organizations | 3 Comments

Sunday night Comedy Central presented the fourth airing of the Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs, hosted by Jon Stewart.

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stampstampede.org
By | 10/15/2012 | Activism, Campaign Finance, Electoral Reform, Headline, Montana, Movements | 22 Comments

The state of Montana and Ben Cohen, of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, are making their case for campaign finance reform. Montana is engaged in an ongoing legal battle to.

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Photo: The New York Observer
By | 09/17/2012 | Activism, Banking, Economy, Education, Issues, Movements | 3 Comments

Protesters blocked key traffic points in the financial district Monday on the Occupy Wall Street One Year Anniversary.

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Credit: fathertheo.wordpress.com
By | 08/03/2012 | Activism, Featured, Movements | 4 Comments

Congress passed the Orwellian bill HR 437 in May, dubbed the Anti-Occupy law. It criminalizes dissent and protest in and around federal buildings.

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occupy-protests
By | 07/30/2012 | Activism, Headline, Movements | 4 Comments

The 132 page report catalogs hundreds of incidents of alleged excessive use of force and the violation of basic rights and liberties by police officers against protesters, journalists, legal observers and bystanders at Occupy Wall Street protests over the course of the last nine months.

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