Some US states and cities celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day as well as, or instead of, Columbus Day.

It is true that there was discrimination against Italian-Americans, but that is fortunately a thing of the past, and no reason to cling to Columbus Day now.

Despite having an ersatz "Nobel" prize, economics is not a science.

We are very far from being able to capture all the crucial information in a brain, which would be needed to upload it.

The article speaks only of neurons, but the astrocytes also engage in communication in ways that we don't understand very well. They too may be part of what makes you you.

US citizens: call on Congress to support the Ellison-McGovern-Lee-Grijalva letter for an independent investigation of the bombing of the MSF hospital in Kunduz.

What I said before about the TPP and secrecy was an understatement. It appears the TPP really says that country A can order country B to quash a lawsuit, to cover up the secrets of country A.

This would be another nail in democracy's coffin.

The TPP imposes unjust US-style copyright rules, so in the US it would be an obstacle to repeal of the DMCA. In addition, it attacks journalism.

The leak also shows that the TPP would give pharma companies additional power (though not as much as they demand). This would kill people.

Some of these articles make the mistake of adopting the pharma companies' and copyright industry's propaganda term, "intellectual property". That term spreads confusion every time it is used. If others use it, we should not help our enemies by repeating it.