Thought-controlled prosthetic limbs offer the potential of full access to amputees.
For more than 185,000 Americans every year, the realities of losing a limb are all too clear. For those who have to live with an amputation or a limb difference, the effects the loss of full movement can have on their health, wellbeing and self-image can be staggering. According to a survey by the Amputee Coalition, most amputees reported that
The Justice Department & ACLU have reached a settlement over a Border Patrol incident in Washington state.
On Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington and the Department of Justice settled a civil rights lawsuit regarding what the group called a violation of constitutional rights by U.S. Border Patrol agents on the Olympic Peninsula in the western portion of Washington state. The settlement agreement was a response to an April 26, 2012
Anti-fracking groups have stepped up their advocacy after massive flooding released oil and fracking waste into the state’s water.
In the midst of this month’s floods in Colorado, anti-fracking advocates kept their eyes on oil and gas drilling operations in the state, raising the alarm of concern over hundreds of thousands of gallons of fracking fluid and oil that made their way into floodwaters. Now, those advocates are using the flood to highlight the dangers of the
A new report describes slave-like conditions in the Gulf state, whose human rights record has been questioned before.
When Qataris learned they were chosen to host the global spectacle that is the 2022 World Cup, the successful bidders celebrated -- and then hired slaves to get the production underway, allegedly. A groundbreaking report issued by The Guardian included documents leaked through the Nepalese embassy, indicating a common trend of death among those
Organizers cheer, saying the voices raised against genetically modified foods and giveaways to biotech giants were heard
An amendment dubbed the "Monsanto Protection Act," which currently allows large agriculture and biotech corporations to ignore court orders involving the safety of genetically modified seeds, has been stripped from Senate's spending bill that could be voted on as early as Wednesday afternoon. Following an organized campaign against the provision
No US-Iran handshake. No breakthrough on Syria. The UN General Assembly has been more significant for what did not happen than for what did.
BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. — It happens every year: leaders convene in New York to pay homage to an organization that’s still struggling, after 68 years, to demonstrate its relevance in an increasingly complicated world. “Let us empower the United Nations to be more than a first responder or a last resort,” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said,
