Developers are evicting 670 people from a rent-controlled building in San Jose, California. This is the largest single eviction in the area's history.

Building denser housing is, in general, a good thing to do. Enough such construction will bring rents down -- but when the construction is really a loophole to undermine rent control, it won't actually help.

A US journalist faces 20 years in prison for a supposed false statement in a request for public records.

It sounds like railroading to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

A Louisiana law gives thugs 30 days to get their stories straight before they can be interrogated about a crime.

Israel has demolished the Bedouin village of Araqib 100 times in 6 years.

The Transcanada lawsuit illustrates why we need to reject the TPP, and cancel NAFTA too.