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This Mother's Day, Shanesha Taylor, a 25-year old homeless and unemployed mother, will be fighting for her freedom and her children for committing the unspeakable crime: trying to feed …

It's interesting to imagine what John Lennon might have said about a world in which government agencies, and others, monitor private conversations. Not much of a stretch, really, as …

Today, if you were to visit Jack Kerouac Alley in downtown San Francisco, you'd find a colorful mural painted on the side of the City Lights Bookstore. The mural …

For much of the last decade, maternal mortality rates have declined globally. But in the United States, they have consistently increased and are now at one of the highest …

It's been almost two years since a salt mine collapsed in Bayou Corne, 77 miles from New Orleans, causing a sinkhole to open up and natural gas to spread …

"We're camping out day and night on the FCC's doorstep to defend net neutrality and keep the Internet free from discrimination and ‘slow lanes."’

It's become a political cliche that “red” and “blue” states represent two Americas. But consider how states prioritize programs like health care and education - or how they administer …

Using social media to spread information and give up to the minute news has become a popular method for activists to get their stories out.

Professor Marjorie Cohn analyzed human rights violations in the Bush and Obama administrations and she continues to write about executive branch lawbreaking in the era of Donald Trump.

A massive online protest to halt potential elimination of net neutrality is having an impact on the FCC, set to make a proposal May 15.