Killings of black people by thugs are the tip of an iceberg of pervasive structural racism.

Most blacks don't get shot at by thugs, but they all experience frequent harassment, and intermediate levels of violence are common enough.

The other group that US thugs hate enough to attack them gratuitously is protesters.

The US has subpoena'd Reason magazine for information about who posted comments that expressed hatred for a judge.

Under US law, those comments are not threats and not illegal. So it seems the subpoena is either an attempt to reduce freedom of speech, or mere harassment.

Five Companies Control More Than Half of Academic Publishing.

An oligopoly falls short of monopoly but has harmful economic effects. We need laws to prevent oligopolies and pressure the largest companies in any market to split up.

Rich countries want to use a proposed corporate supremacy treaty to make India restrict generic drugs.

This would kill thousands or perhaps even millions.

London drivers working for Goober are organizing a campaign against the company.

I call it "Goober" because it pays drivers peanuts, but the worst thing about Uber is that it violates passengers' privacy by making them identify themselves. It also requires passengers to run nonfree software. As long as either one of those is the case, I will never use Goober, and I hope you reject it too.