California is considering a bill to make it a felony for a prosecutor to withhold or falsify evidence.

This seems to be a response to gross, persistent misconduct by prosecutors in Orange County.

Such misconduct is currently a misdemeanor. I tend to think that the prospect of being convicted of a misdemeanor would be enough to deter prosecutors from committing this crime; but it seems they usually get away with no penalty at all. Perhaps if it is a felony they will really be punished.

Somalia has set up a program to reintegrate people who leave al-Shabaab.

As Clinton Woos Republicans, Sanders' Faithfuls Fear They Will Be Forgotten.

Lots of us understand she is no progressive.

The Koch brothers are spending a lot to defeat a South Dakotans ballot initiative for clean elections.

Aetna tried to bully the US government into allowing a mega-merger by threatening to pull out of Obama's medical coverage scheme unless allowed to merge. Publicly, Aetna claimed it wasn't doing this, but now there is proof that was a lie.

You wouldn't expect a megacorporation to tell the truth, would you?