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Approximately a Third of Americans Have Been the Victim of Sexual Violence

The CDC's latest rape and sexual violence statistics are just as disturbing as ever

Oregon Animals Now Have Some Basic Rights Formerly Reserved for Humans

Crimes against animals can't be lumped all together—each animal victim has to be recognized individually

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Someone, Somewhere Is Still Emitting A Whole Load of Ozone-Depleting Chemicals

Emissions of carbon tetrachrloride are still 30% of peak emissions

You Can Now Inherit Someone’s Facebook Account

When you die in Delaware, you no longer need to die online.

Why Everyone From Conservationists to Yao Ming to Andrew Cuomo Supports Banning Ivory Sales

Because of corruption and laundering, any system of legal ivory trade threatens the continued existence of elephants

The NSA Seems to Have a Leaker Problem

Signs point to there being more than one NSA leaker

Iceland's Capital Reykjavík

Iceland’s Naming Laws Prevented a 10-Year-Old From Getting a Passport

Iceland's rules for naming children are getting a lot of attention after a few high-profile cases

The world's first climate refugees hail from Tuvalu, a Polynesian island nation.

The World’s First Climate Change Refugees Were Granted Residency in New Zealand

A Tuvalese family said they can't go home because of climate change

A man looks at skulls and bones of more than 8,000 victims of the Khmer Rouge regime at Choeung Ek, a "Killing Fields" site located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh April 17, 2014.

35 Years Later, Some Khmer Rouge Leaders Convicted of Crimes Against Humanity

The genocidal Khmer Rouge revolution took place from 1975 to 1979

The contested self-portrait.

If a Monkey Takes a Photo, No One Owns Copyright

The contested photo likely belongs to neither monkey nor man, but to the public domain

Why Is Anyone Opposed to Reintroducing American Bison to the Wild?

The government wants to release some of Yellowstone's bison to the wild

Across the country, families lost houses like this one—and a substantial portion of their household wealth—during the financial crisis.

The Average American Household Lost a Third of Its Net Worth During the Recession

A new study shows how much, exactly, the 2008 recession contributed to rising inequality in America

It Will Soon Be Legal (Again) To Unlock Your Phone

A new law expected to go into effect soon will make it legal to unlock your phone

Another Horribly Botched Execution Reveals Ongoing Flaws in Lethal Drug Cocktails

The execution of Arizona inmate Joseph Wood took nearly two hours

After WWII, Japan Made One of the World's Strongest Commitments to Military Pacifism—Which It's Now Going to Soften

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is trying to rejigger Japan's long-standing commitment to pacificism

Sell an Oscar, Get Sued

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences takes the sanctity of its golden trophies very seriously

Whether or not a woman's health insurance will cover the emergency pill now depends in some cases on her employer's religious beliefs

American Law Has Never Been Comfortable With Birth Control

Americans might support and use birth control, but the Hobby Lobby decision did not

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko talks to the media after this morning's EU meeting in Brussels, Belgium.

Ukraine Just Signed the Trade Deal That Was at the Heart of Its Revolutionary Uproar

When former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych abandoned a EU trade deal, he sparked protests. His successor just signed it.

Members of the First Nation Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish and Musqueam bands paddle in traditional canoes during a Thanksgiving protest in North Vancouver, British Columbia October 14, 2013. The group are protesting the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion by energy company Kinder-Morgan and the increase of tanker traffic in the Burrard Inlet.

One of Canada's Biggest Cities Just Officially Admitted That It Was Built on Unceded Aboriginal Territory

Vancouver city council decided that the land still belongs to the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people

William Powell and John Barrymore in the Silent Film Sherlock Holmes, 1922

“Sherlock Holmes” Is Now Officially Off Copyright and Open for Business

What amazing Holmes fan fiction will you create?

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