In the St Louis area (which includes Ferguson), death sentences are given preferentially to blacks, after using various subterfuges to keep blacks off the jury.

Governments that make surveillance of journalists easy may find that whistleblowers dump unredacted data to the public for their own safety.

If Facebook achieves its goal of becoming the main publication site for journalism, it will be a new chokepoint for censorship.

The thug that killed Walter Scott has a pattern of violence. Another man is suing, saying he has proof that the thug shot him with a taser as he was lying face-down on the street and not moving.

Many US workers are paid so little that they need, and get, various sorts of welfare benefits.

If we raise the minimum wage, they won't need these benefits.