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"Hacktivists" are hitting the streets.The cyberguerrilla group Anonymous — known for high-profile computer attacks on corporate and government targets — is urging its followers to come out from behind their PCs on Saturday and occupy Wall Street.The aim: an Arab Spring-style protest over the "abuse

Syria bolstered security around the U.S. embassy in Damascus after Monday’s attack by a pro-government mob on the compound drew worldwide rebuke. After weeks of restrained U.S. reaction to Syria’s brutal crackdown on democracy protestors, diplomatic exchanges between the countries are now tense.

The Syrian government has intensified its crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations. Today, witnesses in the city of Dara'a say they’ve heard gunfire.

While the protests in the Middle East continue to make news, the protests in Honduras barely make a ripple.

For awhile, it looked like Bahrain’s Sunni minority government might negotiate with the Shiite protesters camped out in the capital city Manama. That window of possibility closed after security forces fired on a crowd of demonstrators in March.

If you tuned into this radio station at noon over the last few months, chances are you heard Chicagoan Ahmed Rehab.

Wisconsin Senate Democrats remain in Illinois to avoid voting on an anti-union bill, even though they now face fines.Wis. State Sen. Jon Erpenbach is one of 14 Senate Democrats still in Illinois.