May 2013
Teen Who Was Expelled From School For Science... →
ikenbot:
thescienceofreality:
“Kiera Wilmot made an honest mistake, but the police were trying to throw away her life with a felony. After the community stood up for the girl, the charges were dropped, and she was allowed to move on with her life. Well, her greatness is really starting to shine, as she was recently granted several extraordinary opportunities through scholarship offers she...
U.S. Military ‘Power Grab’ Goes Into Effect →
anukkinearthwalker:
Pentagon Unilaterally Grants Itself Authority Over ‘Civil Disturbances’
martial law is now basically official, on a whenever they wanna do it basis.
Bruce Afran, a civil liberties attorney and constitutional law professor at Rutgers University, calls the rule, “a wanton power grab by the military,” and says, “It’s quite shocking actually because it violates the...
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April 2013
Watchclimateadaptation:
dynamicafrica:
The Tanzanian government has ordered thousands of Masai to abandon traditional grazing lands to make way for a conservation site.
But the Maasai are refusing to leave their ancestral land. They say the real reason they are being forced out is to give a Dubai-based hunting company exclusive access.
Wildlife Instead, the hunting company, says that it will...
“When you understand, you cannot help but love.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via selva)
“We calmly accept newspaper reports of civilian slaughter in far off lands. We...”
– Robert F. Kennedy, Remarks to the Cleveland City Club, April 5, 1968 (via onek4rma)
