Big Pharma lobbies against legalization of medical marijuana, because thousands of people, when given the choice, choose marijuana rather than prescription opiates to handle their pain.

The drug companies would rather these people buy opiates.

In other words, the easiest and kindest way to reduce addiction to opiates is to legalize medical marijuana. There is no need for the war on people in pain.

UK state regulatory agencies are so lazy about punishing Volkswagen for its lies that it may actually get away with them.

The FBI and other agencies privately circulated a warning about supposed violent protests planned by anarchists at the Republican Convention, but the leaked document is clueless and seems to misunderstand the facts it cites.

Citizens of Massachusetts: call on Governor Baker to sign the campaign finance disclosure bill.

Everyone: call on the US major media to stop hunting for faults in the people who have been killed by thugs.