By Paula Justice on July 25, 2016
Adult Wednesday Addams, catcallers, Catcalls are not compliments, Men Who Cat Call Taught a Lesson, Street Harassment, Wednesday Addams
Human interest, Humor, Women's Issues

Adult Wednesday Addams lives out one fantasy women have when perverted men feel the need to harass us on the street. When you’re a woman, sometimes walking down the street can be a trial. There are men who feel the need harass. Only, they don’t see it as harassment. They think women should fall all […]
By Ed Raw on July 22, 2016
ABCs What Would You Do Soldier and Muslim Clerk, Aniti-Muslim sentiment in America, Anti-Immigrant Discrimination, Bigotry towards Immigrants, Human Interest, War Hero Takes on Muslim Hater
Activism, Discrimination, Human interest, Videos

This soldier didn’t hesitate to speak up when a young man started harassing a Muslim cashier, refusing to be served by him because “he’s a Muslim.” Anti-Muslim sentiment reared its ugly head in the wake of the September 11th attacks on America and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign seems to have made matters worse. In the […]
By Ed Raw on May 25, 2016
Activism and American Politics, Dick Cheney A War Criminal, Dick Cheney American University Speech War Criminal, Dick Cheney booed by Students, Human Rights Violations, Social Justice, Student Activists Against War Crimes, Students Walk Out on Dick Cheney
Activism, Crime, History, Human interest, Human Rights, Smackdowns, Social Justice

Students, protesting Cheney’s foreign policy, walked out as he was speaking at American University, calling him a “War Criminal” as they departed. Video footage shows students walking out on Dick Cheney while he was speaking at American University in March of 2014. The students were protesting his foreign policy and calling him a “War criminal” […]
By Ed Raw on November 4, 2015
Corporate Greed, Human Interest, Martin Shkreli, Pharmaceutical Co. Order To Respond Immediately, Price Gouging Investigation Launched, Senate Launches Price Gouging Investigation - Pharmaceutical Ordered To Respond Immediately
Corporations, Health, Human interest

The hedge fund manager who raised the price on an AIDS drug 3,000 % is being asked to answer for his price gouging efforts by a bipartisan Senate investigation. By now, we all know who Martin Shkreli is, and if you don’t, he’s the hedge fund millionaire who purchased a drug used to treat AIDS […]
By Ed Raw on October 26, 2015
Animal Kingdom, Animals, Elephant Cries, Elephant rescued after 50 years of confinement cries, Elephant weeps, Elephant weeps after being rescued, Human Interest, Inspirational, Photos
Animal Kingdom, Animals, Human interest, Weird News

For fifty years, Raju endured various forms of abuse and lived in chains 24/7. When he became aware of his rescue, the elephant couldn’t contain his emotions and began to weep. Can you imagine what it would be like to live in confinement day in and day out, endure painful shackles around your feet, and […]
By Guest Writer on October 6, 2015
Controversy, Drug Laws, Human Interest, medical marijuana, war on drugs, Wildfire Survivors Are Receiving Free Weed From Dispensaries In California, Wildfire Survivors Receive Free Marijuana from California
Activism, Human interest, Marijuana

It’s not easy to lose everything you’ve owned and loved to a raging element with no mercy, and two Northern California dispensaries understand this. For this reason, Care By Design and AbsoluteXtracts medical marijuana dispensaries are attempting to ease the burden wildfire survivors are experiencing by offering them free weed. As The Los Angeles Times […]
By Ed Raw on October 4, 2015
Film Critic Roger Ebert On News Media Glorifying Killers, mass shootings, Roger Ebert on Columbine Shooting, Roger Ebert On Media Coverage of Mass Shootings, Roger Ebert Reviews Elephant, Smack Downs, Smackdowns, True Crime
Activism, Crime & Punishment, Hate Crime, Human interest, Mass Shootings

Social media and a few select news portals are discussing the role the news media plays in mass killings in the wake of the country’s 294th mass shooting when a 26-year-old man opened fire at Umpqua Community College in Oregon in a rampage that resulted in 10 deaths and 9 injuries. Legendary film critic Roger […]
By Ed Raw on September 24, 2015
new jersey police frame Radazz Hearns, New jersey police frame teenager, New Jersey police shoot 14 year old, new jersey police shoot Radazz Hearns
Human interest, Police, Police Overreach

On the evening of Friday, August 7, two New Jersey police officers wildly fired at least 18 shots at 14-year-old Radazz Hearns. Seven shots hit Hearns from behind and caused catastrophic injuries. The other 11 bullets hit cars and homes in the quiet neighborhood where Hearns collapsed after being shot repeatedly. Miraculously, he lived.He was […]
By Ed Raw on September 24, 2015
Hunger, Pope Francis, Pope Francis to break bread with the homeless, Pope Francis to dine at homeless shelter, Pope Francis to eat with homeless
Human interest

Let me preface this by saying I’m fully aware that there is a showmanship to being the pope. The pope’s job is to represent the Catholic Church around the world and this new pope has been doing an excellent job of rehabilitating the Church’s historically bad track record. His visit to the United States is […]
By Ed Raw on September 23, 2015
Historic Moments, Pope Francis, Videos
Human interest, Religion, Videos

Pope Francis began his first full day in Washington, D.C., with a welcoming ceremony at the White House, where an audience of 15,000 crowded the South Lawn. Francis does not address Congress until Thursday, but already he is giving Republicans reason to grind their teeth, introducing himself as “the son of an immigrant family,” and […]