"is this what you all do for a living?" http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/06/18/watch-russell-brand-takes-over-morning-joe-makes-fun-of-our-newsroom/ tv.msnbc.com Russell Brand explains basic manners and mass media disinformation to our three stammering hosts...

www.propublica.org There are a lot of ways to talk to people securely on the internet, some are purpose-built to enhance your privacy and security. Here’s a guide to getting started.

www.guardian.co.uk The treatment of dissidents is the true measure of how free a society is: consider today's examples from the US

www.rawstory.com His peaceful action, on the square that police cleared of protesters on Saturday and where the Turkish authorities have banned gatherings, was a new form of protest.

"...who ignore the reality that the US government is the junior—not the senior—partner of the corporate elite in the corporatocracy." www.guardian.co.uk Pratap Chatterjee: The firm that formerly employed both the director of national intelligence and...

"He explained that the companies we work for had invested millions into the building of privately owned prisons and that our positions of influence in the music industry would actually impact the profitability of these investments. The more inmates, the...

"Noel Blanc tells the story of a terrible car accident that badly injured his father in 1961 as he was driving home along Sunset Boulevard from a job in San Francisco. Mel Blanc, driving an Aston Martin, collided with another car on Dead Man’s Curve....

www.ted.com Tech communities are booming all over Africa, says Nairobi-based Juliana Rotich, co-founder of the open-source software Ushahidi. Rotich and friends developed BRCK, offering resilient connectivity for the developing world.