My Disease and Civilization class recently jumped from studying tuberculosis to discussing the first twenty years of the AIDS epidemic. The articles we read all spoke about the vast leaps that were made in the first two decades after AIDS…
While mainstream American media and social media socialnistas were hailing (fetishisizing?) the triumph of information we were able to gain from Iranian protestors who supported Mousavi, Iran’s Ahmadinejad and Revolutionary Guard were likely smirking. In being caught up in the…
Senator Arlen Specter, one of the Senate’s quintessential ‘mavericks’, says that the events in Iran and other repressive regimes throughout the world are a result of technology and weapons such as Twitter and YouTube. In an editorial published yesterday…
Iran can add another dubious distinction to its long line of abuses as of late. Iran now holds 33 journalists in prison, 25 of which were arrested amidst the recent protests that have occurred in the country, a testament…
Just a few weeks ago The Pirate Bay was in hot waters convicted of illegally helping people violate copyright laws. We highlighted their story and the political party they are connected to on this blog. The group is fighting…
Activism is activism is activism, right? A few weeks ago, in the midst of the uproar over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, I wrote on this blog hoping to find common ground in defining what an “activist judge” meant, considering…
You really can tweet from everywhere, the BBC finds — this past month, two bloggers detained by officials in Cairo have used Twitter to chronicle their confusing, outraging experiences.
Wael Abbas, an outspoken Egyptian blogger, was bizarrely arrested after going…
Recently, Meghan McCain–the daughter of 2008 Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain–has found herself embroiled in controversy over exchanges with Laura Ingraham and Ann Coulter–two of the most extremely conservative members of the GOP. McCain has recently spoken out through her…
