Some 20 years ago Stephen Glass just made up people, quotes, events, whatever he needed to fabricate articles which ended up published in magazines like Rolling Stones and New Republic. He received raves, raised suspicions, was found out, fired, and later wrote a book about it. Now he’s a graduate of Georgetown University law school…

Mexico has recently launched a crusade against hunger, a move that is based on the right to food which was part of their 2011 constitution. Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and Guatemala are also countries which are moving in the direction of the right to food. In Africa too the right to food is gaining. In Zambia,…

One out of three inmates in California prisons is deemed to have some form of mental illness. Prison guards have been using pepper spray when prisoners do not obey what they are asked to do, regardless of whether or not they are able to understand the requests. Now a federal scrutiny into the use of…