The man who shot thugs in Baton Rouge said, "You can't talk (or protest) the devil into changing his ways."

If that is meant to be about thugs, it is erroneous. Thugs are humans, and humans' behavior is influenced by the humans and institutions around them. Thug departments are governed by laws, their policies, and their culture. All of those support brutality, to a varying extent; but they can all be changed, given political will. That's what Black Lives Matter aims to achieve. Let's give it our support.

Keep in mind that the brutality we must curb is not limited to the incidents that are fatal. Beating up and framing protesters is not as bad as killing, but it is nonetheless unacceptable.

Theresa May believes poverty is a sign of a person's failure. When she talks about fighting poverty, maybe she means kicking poor people when they're down and telling them to stand up.

Or maybe the argument it is meant only for public consumption, as an excuse for dooH niboR.

US citizens: Support the Derivatives Oversight and Taxpayer Protection Act, which would increase oversight of financial derivatives.

Financial derivatives can be designed to swindle their purchasers in a way that is hard to spot if you aren't the bankster that designed them. Among the victims are cities in the US as well as countries such as Greece.

I think that each type of derivative should require advance approval before it is offered for sale.

Why Is the World Bank Backing Coal Power in Europe's Youngest Country?

We're all in this planet together, and subsidizing fossil fuel use anywhere puts the whole planet in danger.

Israel has adopted a law permitting expulsion of members of parliament for their political views.

This way, Israel will be able to pretend that Arab citizens have equal democratic rights while in practice denying them the exercise of those rights.