Protesting

Do We Really Need to Vote?

Sybil Adelman Sage | Posted 09.05.2009 | World


Sybil Adelman Sage

Ahmadinejad's response to the election protesters was, "It is not important who voted for whom. What we need is national greatness." An effective cost-saving measure might be to eliminate the voting as it appears to be irrelevant and misleading.

Biggest Ever Civil Disobedience on Climate at Congressional Power Plant

Daniel Kessler | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green


Daniel Kessler

Of all the fossil fuels, coal is the single biggest contributor to global warming; Burning it cuts short at least 24,000 lives in the U.S. annually.

On the Fight for Marriage Equality in California

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics


Jayne Lyn Stahl

Everyone should have the right to marry, regardless of sexual orientation, but this is a time when there ought to be more concern about who's getting sacked than who they're in the sack with.

The Intelligence Community: Our Retarded Giant

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics


Allison Kilkenny

It won't be your grandmother's hippie protest at the DNC -- this time around, the police presence will be huge, suspicious activity will be loosely defined and cataloged in a huge national database.