The play, Bucket List, considers whether violent revenge is justified for Mexicans whose lives have been ruined by NAFTA-fueled corruption. (And other people in similar situations around the world.)

It seems to me that we can't rebuke the weak for responding with violence to oppression when they are desperate. The stronger you are, the more you are obligated to control yourself.

New Zealand supports the poor so inadequately that teenage girls skip school because they can't afford tampons.

On the Infantilization of Politics. The article relates it to short attention spans and other causes.

Prosecution of water officials in Michigan is focusing on the low-level officials, not on the ones that gave the order. (I guessed it would be like this.)

The FBI tried to use a national security letter (secret PAT RIOT Act subpoena) to investigate a Muslim political activist, not because of suspecting him, but to try to force him to become an informant.