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OpEdNews - Article: Saving the City's Soul - Occupy (South East) Roanoke

Originally published at "the integral economist", this article examines how an 'inverted totalitarianism' has already begun to inroad local communities.

Right Wing Christians Can't Claim Compassion While Preaching Hate

Throughout recorded history, religion has been responsible for the most hideous crimes against humanity. There are some positive religious benefits for people who lack compassion for fellow humans, but they hardly outweigh the negative aspects of religion.

She Dialed 911. The Cop Who Came to Help Raped Her

A young woman in Milwaukee called the cops when someone threw a brick through her window. One of the cops who came to help raped her. Her revulsion in the aftermath was so visceral that she vomited as she ran outside.

How to Keep Google from Finding Out Everything About You

When Google's new privacy policy goes into effect on March 1, "more than 60" Google websites and properties will start sharing your personal data between them.

: Climate of intolerance in West Bank, activists say

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian atheist who was jailed and beaten last year for expressing anti-Muslim views on Facebook and in blogs says Palestinian security forces are harassing him again, despite government pledges to respect human rights. The blogger's r …

Dutch ISPs Refuse To Block The Pirate Bay

Two large ISPs in the Netherlands have said they will not be blocking subscriber access to The Pirate Bay, as demanded by the Hollywood supported anti-piracy outfit BREIN.

Three years ago today President Obama signed his first law and fairness prevailed

On the third anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, the bill's namesake wrote a special article describing the events that led up to President Obama's signing it into law. Below is an excerpt. Click here to read the entire piece.

Opponents protest signing of ACTA without adequate debate

Over the vocal protests of opponents, 22 European nations signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) on Thursday.

NM man who pulled own tooth in jail awarded $22M

He was stuck in a 6-foot-by-11-foot cell with a concrete bench for a bed. And he sat in that cell. We had documentary evidence that he didn't get out for anything — for recreation, a shower — for months at a time.

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