The Biological Weapons Convention Turns 40—Are we any safer?
By Janet Phelan This year, the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) celebrated its 40th birthday in Geneva, at the Palais Nacions. Amidst speeches and backslapping within…
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USA: Is Adult Protective Services Protecting Abusers?
By Janet Phelan When the Elder Justice Initiative was recently funded by Congress for $4 million for the fiscal year 2015 — at a mere…
California Goes Dark
By Janet Phelan “We had better share our bewilderments. By hiding them from each other we should not hide them from ourselves.” — C.S. Lewis…
Drowning in Garbage — Some Creative Solutions
Janet Phelan Activist Post Along with generally unstable governments and economic woes, the developing world has another, somewhat insidious problem: plastic pollution. International corporations, seeking…
South Africa’s ”Dr. Death” Again Evades Sentencing
Janet Phelan Activist Post In a last minute strategic move by counsel, Dr. Wouter Basson’s sentencing by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)…
Action Alert: Support Investigative Reporter at Geneva Human Rights Convention 2015
Janet Phelan Activist Post In 2010, for the first time in history, the United States agreed to submit to a review of its human rights…
Did the U.S. Department of Justice Just Lie to the U.N.?
Janet Phelan Activist Post For Americans, confidence in government is at a low. Growing numbers of people now question nearly any declaration made by the…
Social Media Giants Adopt ”Mob Rule” Tactics
Janet Phelan Activist Post The recent decisions by social media giants Facebook and LinkedIn to adopt user crowd-censoring strategies may be less than benevolent. According…
Drone Detection Systems Provide Peace of Mind
Janet Phelan Activist Post The scenario is in a dystopian future, where small, nearly undetectable unmanned flying machines are spying on the citizenry. These flying…
Assisted Suicide—A Slippery Slope to Eugenics?
Janet Phelan Activist Post With last week’s vote on A2270, New Jersey’s Assembly approved physician assisted suicide. Oregon, Washington and Vermont have also passed AS…
“Dr. Death” to Be Sentenced on November 26
Janet Phelan Activist Post Dr. Wouter Basson—dubbed by the media “Dr. Death”– will face sentencing by the Health Professions Council of South Africa on November…
US Biodefense: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Janet Phelan Activist Post In The 2001 Anthrax Deception: The Case for a Domestic Conspiracy, author Graeme MacQueen ties together a considerable breadth of evidence…
US Throws up Roadblocks for Those Wishing to Leave
Janet Phelan Activist Post The word is out. People are leaving the US in droves. The latest FBI NICS list of American citizens who have…
ITHACA Report to the UN on US Human Rights
Anthony Freda Art ITHACA submitted a report in 2010 to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) concerning the human rights record of the United States and…