Look at the cowardly excuses and stratagems that Harvard uses to duck the issue of what its fossil fuel investments do to the world.

If you are a Harvard alumnum (*), when Harvard asks for a donation and you would otherwise have donated, I suggest you respond, "I gave to 350.org instead."

* That is the Latin neuter version of alumnus or alumna.

Google now offers a way for account holders to find out what data Google keeps about them. Or at least part of that, since there is no guarantee that Google shows all it has.

The data you see ought to be a warning. If you use this data to draw specific detailed conclusions about how to get the ads you want, I think you've missed the point.

Around the world, people who want democracy think that democracy is working badly. Perhaps because we have focused it too narrowly on elections.

However, any analysis of why democracy is working badly must cope with the issue of plutocracy. A clique including rich people with influence over unions and media manipulated the contest between Clinton and Sanders. An effective reform of democracy needs to address this.

Australia: Tragic Lack of Leadership Puts Red Hot [Global Heating] out in the Cold.

College loans in the US have made thousands of students into permanent debt slaves. They can barely survive, and their debt keeps increasing.

Don't take the risk of borrowing to go to college under today's terms. Instead, study something that might be useful, such as political activism.