Weekly News of August 11th

As promised, some news stories to tide you over for the week. This week’s quote is from Jens Stoltenberg, the current Norwegian prime minister.

Obama's response to NSA was to appease public, not reduce spying

Summer of hunger: Huge rise of food bank use as demand linked to 'welfare reform'

Olympic committee asks Russia for 'clarification' on anti-LGBT laws

Raising minimum wage increases quality of life, not unemployment

Lavabit founder has stopped using email

New Zealand's plan to regulate designer drugs is better than trying to ban them and failing

Britain's foreign aid has fallen into hands of Al-Qaeda, DfiD admits

The Pirate Bay celebrates 10th anniversary with new web browser

U.S. military caught manipulating social media, running mass propaganda accounts

The NSA-DEA police state tango

Glass-Steagall now: Because the banks own Washington