je.st
news
Tag: activists
Cambodia's women activists are redefining the housewife
2013-04-02 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Designer Diane von Fürstenberg will today present the Vital Voices leadership in public life award to Tep Vanny, a self-branded housewife who has become a guiding light in Cambodia's battle against forced evictions. Carried out in the name of progress, forced evictions now rank as one of the world's most serious human rights abuses. Amnesty International defines them as "when people are forced out of their homes and off their land against their will, with little notice or none at all, often with...
Tags: women
activists
housewife
redefining
Three Penobscot County Republican activists quit party, claim committee vote shenanigans
2013-03-29 04:24:59| Agriculture - Topix.net
A controversy over elections within the Maine Republican Party led to the resignations of at least three longtime activists in Penobscot County who say they're so angry that they no longer will register as Republicans.
Tags: party
county
vote
committee
Cyber-Crime Bill Concerns Internet Activists
2013-03-27 18:36:19| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The House Judiciary Committee this week circulated a bill intended to revamp the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), but Internet activists who hoped the revamp would help avoid a situation like the one that befell Aaron Swartz are not exactly pleased.
Tags: internet
bill
concerns
activists
Digital rights activists decry computer crime proposal
2013-03-27 12:37:01| InfoWorld: Top News
A proposal in the U.S. Congress to strengthen the penalties in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is a "giant leap in the wrong direction" for digital rights activists calling for changes in the law after the suicide of hacktivist Aaron Swartz earlier this year.
Tags: rights
computer
digital
crime
Climate change activists hope springs eternal
2013-03-25 03:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: After a long line of bitter disappointments, climate change activists are hoping 2013 is their year. Greens are encouraged like never before by President Barack Obama's soaring rhetoric on the issue, and they're eagerly awaiting tough new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency. But conservatives are determined to launch an all-out assault to block any new regulations. Obama set the tone for his second-term energy and environment agenda during his inaugural address, which included a lengthy...
Tags: change
hope
springs
climate
Sites : [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] next »