Category: Global

Ties between tech companies and the NSA, the military establishment and climate deniers.

Feminists have always been at the forefront of human rights, environmental and peace movements.  The challenges continue.
http://pando.com/2014/05/13/emails-showing-googles-closeness-with-the-nsa-director-really-arent-that-surprising/
http://pando.com/2014/03/29/google-apparently-scrubs-military-contractor-partner-listing-after-pando-report/
http://pando.com/2014/08/19/microsoft-cuts-ties-with-right-wing-climate-change-deniers-alec-but-what-about-facebook-google-and-yelp/

Systemic failure to protect Rotherham children from abuse

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-28974336

Victim blaming continues as English Judge states rape conviction rates will not improve until women stop drinking so heavily

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/11431450.Judge_in_rape_trail_warning_____Conviction_rates_will_not_improve_until_women_stop_drinking_so_heavily___/?ref=var_0

The Story of US Suffragettes in Pictures

Picture Power: The incredible story of the fight for women’s rights

Intriguing female revolutionaries you didn't learn about in history class

http://www.whizzpast.com/10-intriguing-female-revolutionaries-never-history-class/

Peaceful Protest is treated as Terrorism in America today

The REAL ISSUE Behind the Ferguson, Missouri Police Response

Study: Popular, Ineffective Antibacterial Chemical Found In 100% Of Pregnant Women, May Interfere With Fetal Development

http://consumerist.com/2014/08/13/study-popular-ineffective-antibacterial-chemical-found-in-100-of-pregnant-women-may-interfere-with-fetal-development/

Low testosterone could be what made us civilized humans

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/08/01/low-testosterone-could-be-what-made-us-civilized-humans/?tid=rssfeed

Women are lied to more in negotiations

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/07/29/gender_in_negotiation_study_women_fare_worse_in_negotiations_because_people.html?wpisrc=obnetwork

A new Milgram type experiment has found one particular group held steady and refused destructive orders: "women who had previously participated in rebellious political activism such as strikes or occupying a factory."

The study also found that people holding left-wing political views were less willing to hurt others. One particular group held steady and refused destructive orders: “women who had previously participated in rebellious political activism such as strikes or occupying a factory.”

http://mic.com/articles/92479/psychologists-have-uncovered-a-troubling-feature-of-people-who-seem-nice-all-the-time