Hundreds of thousands of people upload copyrighted videos to YouTube, said Dash, a New York City-based blogger and entrepreneur. They defy the law in public and with their names attached to the act.

“In some cases, the law mandates conduct that is ethically unacceptable. When physicians believe a law violates ethical values or is unjust they should work to change the law. In exceptional ...

Across the world, governments are tightening controls on speech, expanding surveillance and rolling back rights once thought to be secure. From anti-protest laws and curbs on workers' rights to the ...

Careful observers of actions by environmentalists such as splashing paintings or gluing themselves to pavement recognize that the activists come from a long tradition of civil disobedience. The ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The first amendment guarantees the right to freedom of speech, assembly and petition against the government by the people of the United States. However, the exact details of ...

Political changes often seem like a pendulum swinging back and forth in endless motion. In our current era, the pendulum is on a rightward trajectory in many “liberal democracies” like France, Germany ...

In 2008, Tim DeChristopher registered to bid on oil and gas leases at the Utah Bureau of Land Management office and won 14 leases worth $1.7 million but had no intention to pay for them. He claimed he ...

For the second time this year, climate researchers are urging their colleagues to risk arrest and commit acts of civil disobedience in an effort to pressure governments to take quicker, more ...

Just weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a case involving the abortion pill, abortion advocates have “canceled” peer-reviewed science (and the scientists) that disagree with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We are researchers who study whistleblowing, which is when employees disclose information in the public interest about wrongdoing ...