by Jessica Reed
Yesterday a Philadelphia court has defeated an effort made by Congress to "regulate" harmful for minors speech on the Internet. This would have applied to
by Tan Copsey and the openDemocracy team
This week’s comedic odyssey actually began several weeks ago, with a story of poor brothel owners negatively impacted by climate change (hat-
While I find the idea perfectly respectable, I doubt this man will actually manage to accomplish his goal... What do you think?
No impact man - where a NYC family decides
by Tan Copsey
Last week this blog featured a little post on political cricket. I delved, rather briefly, into the odd and slightly seamy underside of another global sporting tournament.
by Johannes Koch
In support of World Water Day, we have put together a series of images from around the globe documenting the issue of water.
Click to launch the
From the openDemocracy forums, an interesting post on "citizen journalism" and the use of internet:
France's Constitutional Court approved a law banning citizens from filming violence;
by Jessica Reed
Have you checked the London Festival of Europe blog yet? It is hosted by openDemocracy and updated dsaily for the duration of the Festival. Right now there
by Tan Copsey
Slate has a rather interesting piece on predictive markets. As you probably know openDemocracy is also running its own predictive markets, the difference being, ours don’t
by Tan Copsey and the openDemocracy team
Today we mark the 4th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. We do so in the shadow of continuing destruction, death and despair.
This morning, I took the Political Compass test, because supposedly, 'There's abundant evidence for the need of it.'
The idea is to give derive a graphical
As so often, you get a beautifully choreographed comment in the heat of the moment which, if you are a good diplomat, defeats the entire argument and political stance of
by Jessica Reed
Following Rafael's post, here's a great link: SWRadioAfrica podcasts, self proclaimed to be the "independent voice of Zimbabwe". The site gathers
