An anonymous group of G-20 protesters calling themselves the Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project published a list of local businesses, community organizations and research facilities that they’ve identified as “places where oppression and injustice exist on a daily basis.”  The Resistance Project is encouraging affinity groups and other organizations to […]

In mid-September, Google surprised its fans with a new service: FastFlip. A user already familiar with Google News will find a few similar elements, but FastFlip takes the experience to a new level, both on a desktop and on a mobile device, allowing users to “browse news like a […]

It was 7:30 in the morning and I was suffering from both jet lag and a terrible gin hangover but I was still thankful to be back in the United States.  I hadn’t slept, afraid that I would awake again in the desert.  Cheering the sunrise, my unit […]

Sensational media coverage is already beginning to portray anti-G20 protesters as a single homogeneous group preparing for violent opposition to September’s G20 meeting. Some of the reporting has simply been ridiculous with the likes of KDKA, a local CBS Television affiliate, suggesting that protesters are hoarding human feces to throw at police, but even […]