A defector from North Korea says that Kim Jong Un is a figurehead for a group that does not talk about itself, and that most people in the country don't know exists.

US corporate media ignored the study that demonstrated US laws are controlled by elites, demonstrating that the corporate media are also controlled by those elites.

Two senators have proposed a law to protect the privacy of student records that schools let companies hold.

This is a step forward but does not go far enough. It protects students from some kinds of commercial abuse, but that's all.

Schools should keep their own records, not entrust them to companies. They should store nothing but encrypted data in any off-site server.

Students in Kano, Northern Nigeria, continue to defy Boko Haram for education.

However, the same spirit of oppression has already conquered Kano in the form of Shari'a law, with a "morality police" that enforces a code of prudery that has nothing to do with morality.

Several African countries agreed to joint military action against Boko Haram.

Algeria is not in the list. I linked to an article that claimed Algeria has stimulated Islamist violence in North Africa. I found that claim surprising because the government of Algeria fought such an Islamist movement in the 1990s (after suppressing an election which the Islamist party won).

If someone can show me more information about how Algeria relates to this, I'd appreciate it.

South Sudan faces famine and genocide.

I don't know what can be done about it. Is outside influence fueling the fighting?