The UK's government considers permanent disability as a personal failing. It subjects people with incurable conditions to repeated tests to see if they can theoretically work, although practically speaking the answer is clear in advance.

Chinese censorship has mostly erased memory of the Tiananmen protests and massacre: most younger Chinese don't know anything about it.

Portland State University banned political posters because they might make some students feel uncomfortable.

I think this is related to a change in people's idea of the purpose of college: professional training, rather than developing the ability to think. For the latter, students obviously must confront uncomfortable ideas. For the former, ideas are an obstacle to some students' training.

Our overuse of Earth's resources is putting a huge debt burden on future generations.

The authors do not realize that the term "anthropocene" encourages the problem they are concerned about.

The US Chamber of Commerce is pressuring various governments around the world not to take steps that curb the use of tobacco.

The US Chamber of Commerce is poison — literally.