Environmentalists Charged with “Terrorism Hoax” for Too Much Glitter on Their Banner

Two environmentalists in Oklahoma may be the first protesters prosecuted for a “terrorism hoax” after they unfurled a banner covered in glitter.

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Spain’s Largest Newspaper Features Full Page on Will Potter’s Reporting

El Pais — the highest-circulation newspaper in Spain — featured a wonderful article on the corporate backlash against political activists. “These are laws meant to scare citizens.”

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How Nelson Mandela Went From “Terrorist” to Nobel Peace Prize Winner

It’s easy to forget how recently this international hero was viewed as a terrorist and enemy of the state.

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Georgetown University: “From Activist to Terrorist” with Jake Conroy and Will Potter

Can’t make the Georgetown event? Bring Jake and Will to your school this Spring!

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BREAKING: Undercover Investigator Charged With Animal Cruelty for Videotaping Farm Abuse

An undercover investigator for Compassion Over Killing is being charged with animal cruelty after filming animal abuse of newborn calves.

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I’m a TED Fellow for 2014. Woo Hoo!

What’s remarkable to me about TED is that experts present their work in brilliantly non-expert ways (and by that I mean “ways that everyone else outside their field can understand”). It’s exactly what I aspire to do with my journalism.

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New Merch!

Got some new merch in the mail and this is how it arrived. I’m amazed I didn’t come home to a SWAT Team.

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Will Potter Speaking in Madison: Criminalizing Activism

Will Potter is speaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on December 3rd about criminalizing protest.

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Spanish Edition of “Green Is the New Red,” and Speaking Events in Madrid and Barcelona!

“Los Verdes Somos Los Nuevos Rojos” is available for pre-order, and proceeds benefit Igualdad Animal.

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Meet the FBI’s Worst Nightmare

Ryan Shapiro’s technique for finding FBI documents is so effective that the feds are asking the courts to stop him.

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