Garment workers in Los Angeles may not get the benefit of the increased minimum wage, because those companies flout labor law frequently.

From a short-term perspective, a job where you are overworked, injured and then cheated might seem better than no job at all. It might seem like valid reasoning to say we should tolerate companies that cheat workers in the US, rather than have those companies move and cheat workers in some other country.

Taking a longer view, why are those the only choices? Because of acceptance of that short-term reasoning.

I see no reason to allow importation from countries where workers are treated so badly. We should tear up the plutocratic treaties that say we "have to" allow this.

Cormega Copening is being charged in North Carolina as an adult for making sexy pictures of Cormega Copening, because Cormega Copening is a minor.

It's another example of America's prudish and twisted attitude towards teenagers and their natural occupation, sex.

After a truck almost ran into community leader Wesley West, who leads Black Lives Matter protests in Baltimore, the thugs charged him with absurd crimes, reminiscent of China or Azerbaijan.

The Netherlands allows people to get assistance for euthanasia under a broad range of circumstances.

I think that euthanasia assistance should be available to anyone whose situation or condition makes suicide effectively impossible for that person. We don't need to give help to others, since they can commit suicide without help if they choose to. But we should make sure that no one is denied that choice by practical obstacles.

I feel sad for each person who needs euthanasia to avoid a fate worse than death, but I understand the choice.

However, I am not suicidal. I would choose to live forever, if I could do so in good enough health to make it a worthwhile and productive life. But that technology is not likely to be invented soon enough for me.

The UN General Assembly gave its support to setting up an international bankruptcy system.

The General Assembly has little power, so mainly this applies pressure to those countries, such as the US, which are blocking the plan. I am sure the US will stop blocking it if we elect Sanders president. That is one thing that the president can change alone.