GlobalShift

Modern journalism is changing, and this has wide effects on democracy, human rights, and the constitution — and yes this is being reported in a blog.

Obama agrees with one of McCain’s arguments at the healthcare summit, surprising the senator, and showing American that they have a non-partisan president, but that his patience is waning.

The constitution reserves rights for everyone in America, not just citizens, an outrageous conclusion for people that want to incarcerate domestic criminals without charge, torture anyone deemed a terrorist, or enslave their immigrant neighbors.

A secretary originally hired for her bilingual skills is sacked by her school district for violating their “No-Spanish” rule. She was “caught” conversing with non-English speaking parents on multiple cases. And they say we have free speech!

2/3rds of all inmates in the United States are non-violent petty offenders who have not even been convicted of a crime — they simply do not have the money to pay bail as small as $50. In the meantime, bondsmen reap huge profits, generations of lives are ruined, and justice is unfairly served.

Howard Zinn, author of the influential A People’s History of the United States, passed away on January 27th, 2009. His worked affected a generation of activists, and made millions re-evaluate their understandings of the past, and the actions of their current government.

GlaxoSmithKline makes over 13,500 malaria-related patents and the associated data open source, an unprecedented move for big pharma

The Australian government has an Island with a rat problem, and are debating whether or not they should spray 42 tons of poison to fix it.

An entertainment blog recently reported that David Permut, the Hollywood producer behind works such as Face/Off, Prayers for Bobby, and most recently, Youth in Revolt, gave a man named Ronald $100 to hold a Youth in Revolt promotional poster while peddling at the corner of San Vicente and Wilshire in Los Angeles.
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A Harvard and MIT group is piloting an Energy delivery business plan in Tanzania that should save the environment and lower costs — if it can actually work.