Computer and network security is like public health: we have to maintain it as a community, not individually.

The article doesn't say this, but we need to use free software if we're to do this.

A prisoner on hunger strike in Guantanamo is suing to demand an end to gruesome force-feeding.

Turks held a massive protest about the death of a teenager who was hit in the head by a tear gas canister fired by thugs as he was passing by a previous protest.

In Turkey as in Israel, tear gas canisters don't hit people's heads by accident. The thugs are trained to shoot and hit a target, and they are supposed to fire these canisters at the ground. They hit people's heads when they aim at people's heads.

US citizens: call on Congress to eliminate the Pentagon's war slush fund.

The World Bank is being pressured not to lend money to a palm oil company in Honduras.

Considering the problems that palm oil causes, and the profit it gets, any public support for palm oil is a ridiculous handout to business.