To Save a City: The Grand Rapids LipDub

On May 22nd 5,000 people from Grand Rapids got together and made this video.  Newsweek had declared that Grand Rapids was a “dying city”… they disagreed. This is what they made.

Thousands Flee as Yemeni Forces Shell Southern Towns

by Jason Ditz, AntiWar With officials already reporting 54,000 civilians displaced in the south by fighting and growing economic hardships, more and more are on the move today as Yemeni army forces shelled several towns near Taiz. Though most of the fighting in the south has centered around the Abyan Province and the territory held [...]

Lawyers: Protect IP Act would align U.S. Internet policy with ‘repressive regimes’

Steven Webster, Raw Story A group of Internet and intellectual property law professors have penned a letter to congressional lawmakers in opposition to the Protect IP Act, which would give the government sweeping new powers to take websites offline, censor search engines and sue Internet publishers accused of infringing activities. In the letter, they warn [...]