Monthly Archive: September 2015
A library in a small New Hamsphire town has pushed back against an effort to shut down a program in which libraries help to ensure online anonymity. In July, the Kilton Public Library in...
California labor activists believe they’ve moved two steps forward with this week’s 3-2 vote by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by the year...
Amnesty International released a report today on the violence perpetrated by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in Cameroon and the abusive tactics employed security forces in the country’s northern regions. FSRN’s Ngala Killian...
Twelve people are dead after Egyptian security forces attacked a group of tourists in the country’s western desert Sunday. At least eight of the dead are Mexican nationals who were traveling through Egypt’s Western...
Human rights activists in India are closely watching the case of an activist couple who’ve been providing legal assistance to the victims of 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. They victim advocates now face prosecution...
An outspoken member of British parliament won the post to lead the Labour Party in a surprising landslide victory over the weekend. As Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn is now has a position to eventually...
Off duty police are the prime suspects in taking part one of the bloodiest nights in São Paulo’s history when 19 people were killed in around two hours by masked gunmen. The massacre is...
Obama calls for US to take at least 10,000 refugees as hundreds of thousands pour into the EU Nationalism and censorship in Turkey complicate regional conflict States prepare challenge to Clean Power Plan Jailhouse...
The White House is making plans to accept thousands more Syrian refugees than the 1,500 previously cleared for resettlement inside the United States. Thursday, spokesman Josh Earnest said the president has directed his staff...
Tension between Turkish nationalists and Kurds has exploded in recent days to the point that the leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party warns of civil war. The escalation follows the collapse of a ceasefire...