TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
A new North Carolina law will make it harder for the public to acquire police dash cam and body camera footage. North Carolina has been the scene of recent riots and protests as the public calls for accountability in the police shooting of Keith LaMont Scott. After initially fighting the release of body camera footage, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Read More…
President Obama has vetoed a bill which would allow families of the 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. On Friday, President Obama kept his promise to veto legislation that would allow the 9/11 victims’ family members to sue Saudi Arabia, citing threats to U.S. national security. CNN reports that Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress say they’ll Read More…
The biotechnology giant Monsanto has now partnered with the Broad Institute to develop seeds using genetic or genome editing technology. On Thursday, Monsanto announced a new partnership with the Broad Institute, a project of MIT and Harvard that focuses on a biomedical and genomic research. The new partnership grants Monsanto non-exclusive licensing for agriculture applications of CRISPR-Cas Read More…
On August 30, Activist Post reporter Derrick Broze attended a screening of Vaxxed: From Controversy to Cover-Up. Broze was able to speak with the film’s director, Dr. Andrew Wakefield. Wakefield was an author on one of the first studies to associate autism with vaccinations. Wakefield’s study was later said to be discredited.
Illinois has become the latest state to pass legislation designed to limit the use of cell phone surveillance tools by requiring law enforcement to obtain a warrant before using the devices. On Friday July 22, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed legislation which creates new limits on how law enforcement can use surveillance devices known as Read More…
A new study provides further evidence that a commonly used insecticide is causing harm to the honey bee population, specifically the male drone honey bees. A new study published on Wednesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B has found that a class of insecticides known as neonicotinoids do not kill drone honey bees, but instead drastically Read More…