Russian Ballot Backlash in NYC
A small, but passionate group of Russian opposition activists is asking emi…
Author: Alissa Ambrose
Ex-Pat Support for Jailed Russian
Backers of imprisoned oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky at the Crossroads of the World to mark eight years since his arrest and imprisonment in Russia.
via New York Daily News
A New Twist on Yoga in Brooklyn
The Third Root Community Health Center offers yoga classes geared toward the LGBT community.
Uzbek Activists Face Crackdown
The Central Asian state has put new restrictions on cellular phone use and has increased surveillance of political activists, apparently trying to head off the kind of uprisings seen in the Middle East.
via The Huffington Post
Trouble in ‘Gasland’
A filmmaker charges the gas industry is trying to kill the Oscar chances of his documentary, "Gasland," which examines hydro-fracking in New York and elsewhere.
Kevin Smylie
"I have a 5-month-old and a wife and it's a struggle right now..." …