A survey that was begun more than 25 years ago, followed more than 3000 people from childhood into adulthood and found that boys who were raised with sisters were more likely to grow up to be Republicans.

On July 16, 2013, Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar interviewed Andrew Healy, lead author of the report which was published in the Journal of Politics and Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at …

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WASHINGTON — To its defenders, Intellectual Ventures is a revolutionary company unfairly viewed, in the words of its co-founder Peter N. Detkin, “as the poster child of everything that is wrong with the patent system.” To its critics, it is a protection racket otherwise known as a patent troll.

Edith Ramirez, the chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, has urged a crackdown on the misuse of patents.

Ms. Ramirez has not named names, but to many …

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(Nairobi) – Cameroonian authorities should immediately conduct an effective and thorough investigation into the torture and killing of Eric Ohena Lembembe, an activist and journalist who was found dead at his home in Yaoundé on the evening of July 15. Lembembe, executive director of the Cameroonian Foundation for AIDS (CAMFAIDS), was an outspoken activist who defended the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people.

Lembembe’s friends discovered his body on Monday evening after …

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Medical cannabis advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) will ask the US Supreme Court to review the United States’ classification of marijuana as more dangerous than cocaine, meth, or Oxycodone. Oakland-based ASA said Monday that they had filed a petition with the US Supreme Court to appeal a January Circuit Court decision which maintains cannabis’ prohibition as one of the world’s most dangerous drugs.

The Drug Enforcement Administration classifies pot as a “schedule 1” narcotic …

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(Reuters) – Black preachers said on Tuesday they were planning peaceful protests in 100 cities across the United States this weekend to press for federal charges in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

Standing outside the U.S. Justice Department building in Washington, the preachers pledged to hold the protests near federal buildings and said action was justified because of what they see as the civil rights questions surrounding the death.

A Florida jury on Saturday found …

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CAIRO — Egyptian officials announced a new government on Tuesday that excluded members of the country’s influential Islamist parties, including the Muslim Brotherhood, and appeared to give an expanded role to the country’s powerful military chief.

The new cabinet, led by one of Egypt’s most prominent economists, replaces the government of President Mohamed Morsi, who was deposed by the military nearly two weeks ago after mass protests against his rule. The formation of the government …

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The World Bank board of directors could today endorse a sweeping new energy policy that for the first time restricts financing for new coal plants in poor countries, bank officials confirmed.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Export-Import Bank will decide later this week whether to move forward with the proposed financing of a new coal plant in Vietnam, making it the first test of President Obama’s vow to end American support for coal projects overseas.

Together, the moves …

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Uprising’s Tuesday guest expert Robert Jensen, Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzes today’s news headlines:

Greek workers launched a general strike this morning against a new set of austerity measures that could include mass layoffs and salary cuts. Two major unions representing millions of Greeks are joining in to shut down major cities and …

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The media is still abuzz over the stunning acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin, as one of the five white jurors is now speaking to the media and reportedly has a book deal*. Missing in much of the discourse are voices representing Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old African American boy.

A group of 100 young …

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With at least 10,000 California prisoners still in the midst of yet another historic hunger strike to protest their harsh living conditions, activists, family members, and friends gathered in front of Corcoran State Prison on Saturday in solidarity.

Hundreds of people marched to the prison facility in the searing heat and one of them was Uprising Assistant Producer Bipasha Shom. …

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