China systematically erases history or replaces it with a modern imitation. Many "old" temples and monuments are modern replicas.

US citizens: phone the White House at (888) 848-4824 and call on Obama to make an executive order requiring federal contractors to announce their political spending.

The UN removed Salafi Arabia and its allies from the list of countries that maim and kill children, apparently as a political decision.

A bill being considered by the Senate would give the FBI additional power to snoop on most Americans secretly.

This is the opposite of what we need. The US has too much power to track people, and for democracy's sake, we need to knock down the surveillance, across the board.

It's not really accurate to call addiction a disease. However, that's a lot better than calling it a moral weakness.