“The war on medical marijuana is over…Now the fight moves on to legalization of all marijuana,..this is the strongest signal we have received from Congress [that] the politics have really shifted. …” said Bill Piper, a lobbyist with the Drug Policy Alliance. Within the
“CitizenFour,” a documentary about Edward Snowden and NSA spying, has won the International Documentary Association top award for best feature, after it was named the best non-fiction film of 2014. The film won in a category where other nominees were “Finding Vivian Maier,” “Point
Almost all of us go our entire lives without ever standing trial for crimes against humanity. Then again, most of us aren’t notorious hatemongerer Pastor Scott Lively, whose life work seems to be to ask the question: “How can I make gay people miserable across the world?”
The health and well-being of poor teenagers from many parts of the world was the main subject of global research project, titled “WAVE STUDY”, headed by Dr. Kristen Mmari, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health. The study
Hundreds of thousands of people in Switzerland apparently eat domestic kittens and puppies’ meat, particularly at Christmas, according to a Swiss animal activist group, who are asking the government to ban the traditional Christmas practice. The animal protection group, SOS Chats Noirague, which has
David Suzuki’s grandson, Tamo Campos, was arrested during a peaceful protest against the exploitation of the Burnaby Mountain conservation park on Thursday, November 20th. After being released, he stood in the rain and asked those of us watching to reflect on what is exactly
A huge orange flash turned the night to day in the in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia when it showed in the sky on 14 November 2014 around 6:39 pm local time. There are still no clear explanations by authorities or scientists. As the emergency
You would think that scientists who have worked on a specific topic would be the experts to ask about how it works and should be regulated, but if you think this: you would be in disagreement with the majority of US congressmen in the House
Israeli Occupation Forces on Monday razed the Bedouin village of al-Araqib in the Negev Desert for the 78th time in four years, local residents said, while four Palestinian minors were detained in Jerusalem. An Araqib resident who asked to remain anonymous told Anadolu news
By As’ad AbuKhalil – Mon, 2014-11-10 18:40- Angry Corner One of the most under (or un) reported stories about the Middle East is the story of the rise of jihadi groups in Lebanon over the last decade. All American correspondents in Beirut are too
