Date: November 20th 1986 On this day with SHAC, the World Health Organization announced its first global effort to combat AIDS.  This resulted in the creation of the Global Program on AIDS to raise awareness, formulate evidence-based policies, provide technical and financial support to countries, initiate relevant social, behavioral, and […]

European Union set to launch investigation The European Commission has begun pressing The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on the topic of tax havens. A tax haven, as described by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, is a country where accountants and multinational corporations come to agreements that cut tax rates […]

Date: November 13th 2007 On this day with SHAC, there was an explosion in the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City. As a result of the explosion, four people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar, were killed, and another six were injured.  The congressman was […]

Date: November 7th 2012 On this day with SHAC, Maryland, Maine and Washington approved gay marriage.  This milestone marked the first time that marriage rights had been extended to same-sex couples due to popular vote.  At the time, though six states had passed new legislation on the marriage rights of […]

Protests sweep the West African nation Burkina Faso – meaning the “Land of the Upright Men” – has only had two different leaders since 1984. Thomas Sankara, a Marxist advocate of the people, was the first of these men, and is often referred to as the “Che Guevara of West […]

October 30, 1954 On this day in history with SHAC, the United States Department of Defense announced the elimination of all racially segregated regiments. This process, which was set in motion six years earlier, was initiated on July 26, 1948 when then-President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981 to […]

Economic superpower “too poor” to raise defence budget?  Germany, largely known as an economic powerhouse, has received quite a bit of flack as of late in the direction of its military and their new defence minister, Ursula von der Leyen. After the recent NATO summit in Wales, with 28 members […]

Protests continue in the face of continuation of Communism Starting back in June of 2014, when tens of thousands gathered to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Crackdown, there has been a growing wave of action and protest for a more democratic Hong Kong.  After the anniversary, protests […]

Proposed Conservative fix for the safety of sex workers   The Conservative Party of Canada is currently working towards passing Bill C-36. This bill, which is being referred to as the “Tories’ Prostitution Act,” is focused on criminalizing the act of buying a “sexual service,” which Bill C-36 doesn’t define, […]