This short documentary follows the lawyer Steven Wise’s effort to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans. As the New York Times reports, “In December 2013, the lawyer Steven Wise showed the world how, with a little legal jujitsu, an animal can transition from a thing without rights to a person with […]
Protesters who want the Missouri state legislature to adopt the use of federal tax dollars to expand eligibility for Medicaid in the state disrupted debate in the state Senate, shutting it down temporarily on Tuesday. Missouri is among more than 20 states who have opted not to expand assistance to low-income persons under the Medicaid […]
Grammy Award winning singer Lorde is taking to social media to stand up for her privacy, turning the tables on an aggressive paparazzo, she says is stalking her. As ABC reports in the video, below, the 17-year-old New Zealand pop sensation is “fighting back against what she calls paparazzi harassment and stalking,” by complaining about […]
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cancelled a planned speech at Rutgers University on Saturday in the wake of student protests. Rice had been scheduled to speak at Rutgers’ commencement ceremony for $35,000 on May 18th and was to receive an honorary doctoral degree at that that time Rice announced the cancellation on her Facebook […]
There is currently a war being waged in Virginia against “Alicia’s Law,” a law created to protect potential victims from online predators. To fully understand this battle, it is important to look back at the abduction of Alicia Kozakiewicz. The boogeyman is real,” Alicia Kozakiewicz told congressional leaders back in 2009. “He lives on the […]