Nominate Our Next Truthdigger of the Week
Jun 15, 2011 Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
Hackers Arrested as Turkey Embraces Big Brother
Jun 14, 2011 Turkish police made a successful foray into the hacking community Monday with the arrests of 32 suspected local members of Anonymous after the group's attack on a government telecommunications website Thursday.
Nominate Our Next Truthdigger of the Week
Jun 8, 2011 Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
Estimated 1 in 4 U.S. Hackers Working for the Man
Jun 7, 2011 One year after suspected WikiLeaker Pfc. Bradley Manning was outed to the FBI by his confidant, Adrian Lamo, the hacking community is steeped in tension and mistrust, with the publisher of a popular trade journal estimating that a quarter of all U.S. hackers are recruited informers for the federal government.
Hackers to the Rescue
Jun 6, 2011 This weekend, hackers from around the world met at "hackathon" events to tackle climate change and disaster-risk management during the semiannual Random Hacks of Kindness global conference. (more)
Greenpeace Rattles an Oil Rig Off Greenland
Jun 5, 2011 U.K.-based Cairn Energy suspended deep-water drilling operations on a platform off the southwest coast of Greenland after Greenpeace activists boarded the rig to demand the release of the company's unpublished oil spill response plan. (more)
Hackers Punish PBS for ‘Less Than Impressive’ WikiLeaks Show
May 31, 2011 "Less than impressed" with "Frontline's" "WikiSecrets" episode, a hacker or group of hackers called LulzSec hijacked the PBS.org website late Sunday night, posting, among other things, a fake news story claiming Tupac Shakur is alive and living in New Zealand. If you caught "WikiSecrets," you might sympathize with the crusading hacker(s). (more)
Workers of the World Unite for International Workers’ Day
May 2, 2011 Suffering austerity measures imposed by many of the world's governments to deal with a shortage of public funds, workers and activists rallied around the globe May 1 to demand the creation of jobs, decent wages and improved working conditions.
Christian Leaders Unite to Protect the Least of Us From Budget Cuts
Apr 28, 2011 A number of Christian leaders have come together to voice their opposition to governmental budget cuts aimed at programs that provide essential services to poor Americans.
WikiLeaks’ Guantanamo Files Released
Apr 25, 2011 A large cache of military documents, obtained by WikiLeaks, reveals what many Guantanamo critics have alleged for years: The U.S. government detained and tortured suspects who it knew had no legitimate intel value.
