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UNICEF Tackles Slacktivism

May 8, 2013 By Michael C. Phillip 2 Comments

How can nonprofits best make use of the watered down altruism of slacktivism?

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog, Social Justice Tagged With: actist, activism, altruism, empathy, facebook like, human rights, humility, michael c. phillip, Millennial's, ngo, NGO campaign, nonprofit, nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, protest, slacktivism, social justice, UNICEF, unicef sweden, what is slacktivism

UN Declares Force-Feeding Breach of International Law

May 2, 2013 By Abigail Ortlieb 2 Comments

Inmates on a hunger strike are being force-fed by US authorities at Guantanamo Bay jail.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: ethics, force-feeding, guantanamo, guantanamo bay, hunger strike, protest, terrorism, UN, United Nations

“They Want”: A 17 Year Old Boy on His Future

March 31, 2013 By The Good Life @ GMP 7 Comments

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This Venice High School senior provokes with his response to the question, what do you want from your life?

Filed Under: Poetry by Kids, Teenage Kicks Tagged With: Anarchy, anti authority, high school, injustice, police corruption, protest, protest poetry, Rage Against The Machine, smoking marijuana, teen drug use, teenagers

Protest of Questionable Police Shooting Turns Violent in Brooklyn

March 12, 2013 By Noah Brand Leave a Comment

Another black teenage boy shot dead, but this time, the vigil gives way to violence.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: black community, Brooklyn, Kimani Gray, law enforcement, NYPD, Police, police violence, protest, Racism, riot, shooting, vigil, violence

“Don’t Shoot Me In The Back. I’m Unarmed.” Protesters March for Man Slain by Police

January 26, 2013 By the Editors Leave a Comment

Did race and gender have a role in the decision of the police to open fire on an unarmed man?

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: Jose de la Trinidad, LA, LATimes blogs, police shooting, protest, shooting, unarmed man

The Boiling Point of Aaron Swartz’s Suicide

January 17, 2013 By Brandon Ferdig 3 Comments

Has Aaron Swartz’s death exposed state corruption?

Filed Under: Suicide, The Good Life Tagged With: aaron swartz, bullying, corruption, criminal justice system, ethics, government corruption, Infogami, injustice, invention of RSS, JSTOR, justice, Massachusetts, mens news, MIT, Mohamed Bouazizi, protest, suicide, Tunisia, United States government

My Lefty Credentials – A Response to the GMP Controversy

January 6, 2013 By Josh Bowman 14 Comments

Josh Bowman brags about how awesomely left-wing he is and why the Good Men Project needs him.

Filed Under: Ten Things I've Learned Tagged With: controversy, discussion, equality, ethics, GMP, Good Men Project, left, pro-choice, progressive, protest, rape

The Evolution of an Activist

December 4, 2012 By Margo Pellegrino Leave a Comment

For Margo Pellegrino, ocean conservation is about protecting her children’s future.

Filed Under: Social Justice Tagged With: Alliance of NJ Environmental Commissions, ANJEC, anti-war, Cameron Conaway, Chile, clean water, collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed, easter island, eco, environmental activism, environmental commission, environmental degredation, EPA, fishing rights, jared diamond, killing the ocean, margo pellegrino, NOW march, ocean conservation, ocean planet, patagonia, Peru, proprietary clause, protest, social justice, Take Back the Night, tap water, United States Geological Survey, unregulated compounds, USGS

Legitimate Crepes: On the Use of Irony

November 13, 2012 By Drew Bowling 2 Comments

Irony doesn’t always have the intended effect.

Filed Under: Featured Content, The Good Life, The Good Word Tagged With: 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner, Alanis Morissette, comedic devices, Comedy, communication, debate, facebook, Hamlet, hipsters, how to be ironic, humor, Ironic song, irony, irony definition, language, language geekery, legitimate rape, legitimate rape meme, Mikhail Bulgakov, persuasion, political critique, political speech, political statement, politics, protest, pussy riot, Rep. Todd Akin legitimate rape, stephen colbert, subversion, tongue in cheek, writing

I’m an American Living in Israel and I’m going to Jail Rather Than Join the Israeli Defense Forces

October 29, 2012 By Moriel Rothman 4 Comments

Moriel Rothman is refusing to serve in the IDF an act of protest against what he sees as an unjust and evil system. Here is his story.

Filed Under: Conflict, Featured Content Tagged With: Bob Moses, civil disobedience, conscience, David Foster Wallace, Diane Nash, Fannie Lou Hamer, Israel, judaism, Martin Luther King Jr., military, Moriel Rothman, nonviolence, Palestine, protest, Racism, religion, Vernon Dahmer, violence

VIDEO: The Fight of 9-Year-Old Josef Miles

October 13, 2012 By Cameron Conaway 2 Comments

In protest of Westboro Baptist, a Topeka boy speaks out for love and cultural tolerance.

Filed Under: The Good Life, What's Your Fight? Tagged With: Boys, children, diversity, God Hates No One, heroes, Josef Miles, Kansas, mentoring, NPR, Patty Akrouche, protest, respect, Sex and Relationships, The Good Life, The Huffington Post, tolerance, Topeka, volunteering, Westboro Baptist Church, What's Your Fight

We Are All Pussy Riot, We Are All Waiting To Happen

August 20, 2012 By Ryan W. Bradley 26 Comments

Pussy Riot’s battle in Russia has revitalized the political backbone of the punk community, but it has also transcended punk.

Filed Under: A&E, Featured Content Tagged With: American Idiot, anti-Putin demonstration, Baby Boomers, benefits, Bob Dylan, cathedral, causes, censorship, Civil Rights movement, Culture, February 21 2012, feminism, feminist punk collective, former Soviet Union, George W. Bush, Green Day, hate crimes, hooliganism, internet, Iraq, Iraq invasion, Iraq war, Johnny Cash, justice, Moscow, new media, political protest, politics, prison sentence, protest, punk, punk band, punk music, punk scene, pussy riot, religious hatred, resistance, revolution, Rick Rubin, riot grrls, Russia, Russian culture, Russian politics, Sex Pistols, social media, Thermals, United States, vladimir putin, war on terror, war protest

Abortion: 7/28

July 11, 2012 By The Good Life @ GMP 16 Comments

Men have abortion stories, too. Call for submissions.

Filed Under: Abortion, Calls for Submissions, The Good Life, The Good Men Project Content Calendar Tagged With: abortion, belief, Catholic Church, Families, life, men, Planned Parenthood, politics, pregnancy, protest, religion, reproductive rights, The Good Life

The Growth of Grassroots

June 19, 2012 By Chris J. Snook Leave a Comment

Chris J. Snook talks about success in politics and business in the digital age.

Filed Under: Business Ethics Tagged With: authenticity, business, chris snook, grassroots, Populism, protest, Ron Paul

Culture: The Web Stands Still To Strike Back At SOPA

January 18, 2012 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

We’ve got all the information on who’s on strike to stand against the Draconian legislation supported by the RIAA and MPAA.

Filed Under: Culture, komplicated Tagged With: 38 Studios, black out, BoingBoing, Congress, Epic Games, Google, I Can Has Cheezburger network, lawmaker, legislation, legislator, Minecraft.net, MoveOn.org, Mozilla, protest, Red 5 Studios, reddit, Riot Games, SOPA, strike, TwitPic, Wikipedia, Wordpress

Dear Santa: My Son Won’t Leave Occupy Boston

November 20, 2011 By Jonathan Soroff Leave a Comment

An Occupier and his mother write letters to Santa Claus.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog, Holidays: Love or Hate, Newsroom, On #OccupyWallStreet Tagged With: #OccupyBoston, #OccupyWallStreet, 99%, protest, Santa

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All-Male Urban School, All College Bound

For an astounding fourth year in a row, all 167 seniors at Urban Prep Acadamies’ schools have been accepted at four-year colleges or universities this fall.

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Entire Town Gifts Triple Amputee Veteran with Dream Wedding

Residents of Temecula, CA, gifted Marine Corporal Juan Dominguez and his wife, Alexis, with everything they needed for a perfect wedding to show their gratitude for his service to the country.