Clinton supports giving Puerto Rico's public agencies the right to declare bankruptcy.

Bernie Sanders supports this too, but reminds us that the underlying problem is austerity and that the real goal is to give Puerto Rico's inhabitants a better life.

Robots make it possible to inspect narrow oil pipes for cracks, but that doesn't mean the cracks will receive prompt repair.

Notwithstanding Donald Trump, Mexican immigrants in the US tend to be less criminal than average Americans.

"Shark Week" targets the predators that attack poor humans in American cities: loan sharks.

The high expense of using "payday lending" is a secondary problem; the primary problem is that many Americans are paid so little they can't save any money and can barely get by. Other Americans use credit cards for the same thing. It's a bad practice, but but poverty puts people under stress that makes it hard for them to think clearly.

After a year of legal marijuana sales in Washington state, the state has saved lots of money and obtained increased tax revenue, and lots of citizens have been spared arrest and imprisonment.

Meanwhile, use of marijuana has not increased. There's no downside, it seems, except for private prison operators.

Chile is moving towards partial legalization.