www.guardian.co.uk • Secret program launched by Bush continued 'until 2011' • Fisa court renewed collection order every 90 days • Current NSA programs still mine US internet metadata

www.commondreams.org CIA director John Brennan The Associated Pressreported Wednesday evening that it had "obtained" a memo written by CIA director John Brennan—a man tied to leaks of his own—describing a new campaign to keep CIA officials from leaking...

A film by Professor Bruce Robbins about Jewish Americans who've changed their minds about Israel.

www.guardian.co.uk More than 100,000 join demonstrations as students seize 30 polling stations to be used for presidential vote on Sunday

www.geekosystem.com That need most of us have to bond with others? The drive to maintain a semblance of social acceptability when we would rather hide under the blankets in ratty pajamas binge watching Netflix? Turns out, it's not just good manners and...

gothamist.com The City Council overwhelmingly voted to override Mayor Bloomberg's veto of a bill requiring employers to offer paid sick leave.

"if the brown eyed people get out of hand" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeK759FF84s Ms. Jane Elliott's "brown eyes, blue eyes" experiment in 1970 (the third one after her first in 1968). This "Eye of Storm" documentary was made by William Peters in...

ow.ly With less room, the woman and her fellow test subjects are good drivers, and indeed good citizens, a study found. However, when sitting with an expansive posture, people are more likely to drive recklessly and, in other scenarios, they are more...

rt.com Sir Tim Berners-Lee has lashed out at Western governments, calling them hypocritical for spying on the internet while reproaching other oppressive nations for doing the same; adding that the revelations may change the way people use computers.

www.wired.com Sigurdur “Siggi” Thordarson served two masters, working for the secret-spilling website and simultaneously spilling its secrets to the U.S. government in exchange for $5,000.