Governors seeking billions of dollars in U.S. preparedness funds will have to sign off on plans to mitigate effects of climate change.

Pop icon Russell Brand raised a ruckus last year when he exhorted, "Don't vote" to millions of his fans; a radical political directive under fire even by the likes of Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten.

Racism does not only come in the form of bullets fired by a police officer. Detroit’s socio-political problems are furthered by blatantly racist, ALEC sponsored, Koch brothers–backed Tea Party candidates and legislation, which have lead to gentrification and cutting off of water to minority residents in predominantly African American communities.