Victoria Hess

(Warning: the above video is graphic) The judicial system in Steubenville has demonstrated itself as unfit to conduct a proper investigation into the events surrounding the rape of a 16-year-old girl. The perpetrators made public comments on Twitter showing no remorse or sense of humanity. The

Please take a moment to express your sympathy, condolences, and support for the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, for the survivors and their families, and for the community of Newtown, Connecticut.

Dolphins are dying at alarmingly high rates in Florida's Indian River Lagoon, a shallow estuary closed off from the Atlantic Ocean by barrier beaches. This place of white sands, seagrasses, and abundant wildlife has become over-saturated by harmful nitrogen pollutants, with a black, mucky bottom,