Unusual high temperatures are fueling unusual large wildfires in Chile.

Whatever may be the immediate cause of the fires, it is clear that their underlying cause is global heating. That is not a matter of negligence; Exxon's funded and knowingly dishonest denialism is a form of sabotage.

Trading with other countries does not require "free trade" treaties. Instead of "free trade", every country needs trade it can regulate so that business don't gain supremacy over democracy.

One thing we should put into international treaties is more tax-enforcement cooperation.

The troll threatens to cut off federal aid to cities that offer sanctuary to unauthorized immigrants.

This would exceed his constitutional authority, and cities plan to resist.

Britons with a working-class background are paid 7% less (on the average) than equally qualified workers in the same job that have a privileged class background.

CETA, the Canadian version of TTIP (This Treaty Is Plutocratic), is not necessarily dead yet. It may yet undermine democracy in the European Union.