#LetThemStay: Australians protest against babies being sent to detention

Australians are standing up against the offshore detainment of asylum seekers at protests around the country. A groundswell of support has grown for the #LetThemStay campaign, with supporters calling for the Australian government to spare the 267 detainees, in particular 37 babies, who are expected to be sent from the mainland to a detention centre […]

Who lies about reading ‘Alice in Wonderland’? More of us than you’d think

“What is the use of a book,” thought Alice, reading a hefty, boring tome over her sister’s shoulder minutes before tumbling down her rabbit hole into Wonderland, “without pictures or conversations?” Now it seems that the great reading public has turned its nose up at Alice’s own whimsical classic children’s novel, even though it is […]

Julian Assange to leave embassy and ‘accept arrest’ if UN rules against him

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said he will accept arrest by British police on Friday if a UN group decides that his more than three years inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London don’t amount to illegal detention. In a statement posted to the WikiLeaks Twitter account around 3 a.m. GMT Thursday, he said he […]