An Ethiopian dissident, handed over to Ethiopia without legal process by Yemen, is apparently being tortured into confessing a variety of crimes.

The cracking of the US government employee records was enabled by subcontracting.

It is a bad practice in general.

Detroit's bankruptcy was not inevitable. It was a political choice imposed by Republican state politicians for harmful ends.

Now other Republican state politicians want to do it to Chicago, but it won't be easy for them to achieve it there.

Unemployed people can be happy without work, if they call it "retirement" instead of "unemployment". Respecting the state of unemployment is crucial to helping society adjust to it.

Not everyone can imitate Money Mustache. It is vital to have no children, or at least that they already be grown. (You can decide to have no children.) But even then, there are difficulties. Not everyone is competent to repair a house. Not everyone has a house, and you surely can't buy one when you're unemployed/retired. Not everyone can ride a bicycle, especially not on roads with cars.

Respecting the unemployed/retired is a crucial step towards for deciding to give them the government help that many of them will need.

The US House of Representatives has voted to strengthen regulation of toxic chemicals.