Although the Baltimore thug investigation demonstrates that the accusations of black residents are valid, residents doubt that local officials will take adequate steps to change the cruel practices documented in the report.

I agree that the administrative structure needs to be changed. Thugs that lie or conceal evidence should be prosecuted, while thugs that support other thugs in doing those things should be fired.

Baltimore thugs systematically mistreated women, sometimes accusing them of prostitution just because of where they were, sometimes ignoring reports of rape.

Threatening to arrest women for "loitering" reminds us that the mere existence of a crime of "loitering" is an injustice.

A US air attack has killed the main leaders of the PISSI group in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

I wish I could expect this to make a difference, but history shows that killing the leaders of a guerrilla group means only that it has to draw a new hand from the pack.

PISSI's fighters reportedly took 2,000 civilian hostages while fleeing Manbij.

Muslim relatives of someone who is being radicalized may find it useful to say, "Do you think that a gang that kidnaps people like us as hostages is the model of Islam?"

Bangladesh Journalists Could Face 14 Years in Prison for Refuting Rumor.