The Russian-directed Ukrainian separatists captured a team of EU observers.

Simon Ostrovsky says they tortured him, and he saw several other civilian prisoners there.

Scathing Report Finds School Privatization Hurt Poor [US] Kids.

Modern privatization schemes are designed to label the public schools where lots of poor children go as "failing" as an excuse to privatize them.

It is interesting how the "Rocketship" privatized schools are a nonprofit front for a proprietary software company, whose software, in addition to being an injustice, does not even seem to do any good.

Despite Community Pleas, Three Chicago Schools Slated for Privatization.

The US investigation of the radiation leak at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, that was supposed to never leak, says there were pervasive management problems as well as physical problems. But it fails to address some important questions.

Why We Need Online Alter Egos Now More Than Ever.

To protect freedom of speech from government repression, such as Putin is now setting up in Russia, we must be able to use pseudonyms without telling the site our official names.

It's easy to break the security of digital medical equipment in hospitals.

The article uses the word "hack" to mean "break security". To avoid insulting us hackers, please call that "cracking".

The software in these devices is generally nonfree. In addition, some of it can be altered remotely, making it malware.