Activism

Amber Hollibaugh, a long-time activist, told Laura Flaunders on Sunday that those with alternative sexualities were "nowhere near close" to being sexually liberated.

A group of Catholic Sisters drove their presidential campaign-style bus to the Wisconsin office of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R) on Wednesday to decry proposed budget cuts they say will hurt struggling families.

According to New York hip-hop DJ Jay Smooth, when dudes take it upon themselves to bully a woman for her feminist viewpoints, it is incumbent upon other dudes to fight back.

Actor J.D. Williams, who played drug dealer Preston "Bodie" Broadus on HBO's critically-acclaimed series The Wire, says he is often stopped by police who mistakenly recognize him as someone they've busted before.

When former Minnesota Governer Jesse Ventura appeared with CNN's Piers Morgan to promote a new book on Saturday, he was as outspoken as ever.

During a so-called SlutWalk in Detroit on Saturday, protesters mocked the Michigan legislature for silencing a female representative who said the word "vagina" while debating bills that would restrict reproductive rights.

A elementary school principal at PS 195 in Queens, New York City has barred a fifth-grade student from delivering a speech about marriage equality to the rest of the school even though he won a class competition.

The daughter of former Republican presidential nominee John McCain says she supports the legalization of marijuana, but doesn't use the drug -- at least not "frequently."

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday announced that it had filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's second parent adoption ban, which effective prevents same sex partner's from adopting children.

Harsh sentencing laws of the 1980s and '90s have resulted in a U.S. prison population that is increasingly aged. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), care of elderly prisoners is placing a heavy burden on state and federal institutions. Elderly prisoners cost nearly twice as much to provide for as regular prisoners, and yet older prisoners who are released are significantly less likely to recommit crimes.

David Bronner of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps was arrested outside the White House on Monday while protesting the ban on industrial hemp in the United States.

Notice: A few brief shots in the embedded video, as well as several of the photos at the linked Russia Today story, should be considered NSFW.

Appearing on CBS This Morning on Friday, former TSA administrator Kip Hawley claimed he would like to see the agency completely overhauled and refocused on risk-based security measures, instead of the uniform searches and security theater it has become so well known for.