Dictators in Tunisia and Egypt learned the hard way about the organizational and promotional power of social media. It's a lesson that supporters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad have taken to heart. In recent weeks and months, as Syria…

Panamanian salsa musician and actor Ruben Blades has been known to blend social issues like poverty and corruption into his music, but he also mixes art and advocacy in his work as a lawyer and public official. Jeffrey Brown reports.