BY RHIANN MOORE It seems like a natural assumption that shooting a wild animal for no good reason is not a cool thing to do anymore. Tragically, however, it is still not only legal, but encouraged as a way to…
In Canada you can legally take pictures of people if you’re on public property
BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO Position your camera, look up to some architecture behind your subject, click. That’s one way to take a non-obvious photo of a stranger. Or just take the photo and run away if they object. Both work. Danika…
Poland rejects a restrictive abortion ban after thousands of women go on strike
BY: AISHA ILYAD “My body, my right.” This was the slogan of Polish Women who went on strike in protest against proposals for a total ban on abortion in their country. These anti-abortion protestors took to the streets of Warsaw on…
Inspired by Cosby, California ends the statute of limitations on rape cases
BY: AISHA ILYAD California has officially dropped the statute of limitations on rape cases, effective from January 1st 2017. The law applies to: “rape, sodomy, lewd or lascivious acts, continuous sexual abuse of a child, oral copulation and sexual penetration” committed…
This law will consider teenagers to be child porn distributors if they are caught sexting
BY: Mariya Guzova You may be surprised to learn that in Colorado, teens can currently be charged with distributing child pornography if they are caught sexting. The offense could force them to register as sex offenders, and face house arrest,…
This prison debate team schooled Harvard’s finest to prove a point about education behind bars
BY: M. TOMOSKI With the construction of Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary in 1829 America’s prison system became a model for the world. Its wagon wheel design allowed guards to monitor the entire prison from a tower in the centre while…
France passes a law banning super-skinny models on the catwalk
BY: JACK M. In what can only be described as a major rejection of an industry that has put countless young women and girls at serious health risks by promoting and glamorizing super-skinny models, France recently made it illegal for…
France just made it illegal for supermarkets to waste food, punishable by $75,000 or jail
BY: ROB HOFFMAN In the past few months France has established a number of green initiatives in response to a severe air pollution spike and an increasing demand from activists and an ecologically-concerned population. In the wake of their green roof…