Programmers: help the EFF develop free software to send emails to Congress.

Tea Party, Taxes and Why the Original Patriots Would've Revolted Against the Surveillance State.

Snowden's question to Putin about massive surveillance in Russia was designed to give him a chance to make claims that could subsequently be studied and challenged.

Given Snowden's precarious position, I think it took courage to do this and courage to talk about it after.

Everyone: sign this petition asking the governor of Tennessee to cancel contracts with privatized prison company CCA.

ALEC is pushing state laws to pressure the US government to give states control of federal land, the idea being that the states will be pushovers for mining companies.

They refer to this with the romantic-sounding name of "sagebrush rebellion" to make it look like something other than exploitation.

The Australian government is giving states control over environmental planning precisely to make it easier for mining companies to despoil and pollute.