5 years after the Big Spill, many species of wildlife are still being harmed by oil and by the dispersants the Billionaire Polluters poured into the Gulf of Mexico.

A movie licensing group demands 1/3 million dollars as a blanket license fee from the schools of one small region of Spain, for showing some movies.

If Spain adopted US-style fair use, schools would clearly not need a license. Basically, this is another way in which Spain's right-wing government is the enemy of Spain.

Adam Crapser, age 39, was brought to the US at age 3 for adoption. His adoptive parents never made him a US citizen, and he now faces deportation away from his family to a country he has no memory of.

The minor crimes he has committed seem, according to the article, to be consequences of his lack of citizenship.

The intrusion of advertisements into every cubic meter of public space, and many physical objects as well as web sites, can be seen as enclosure of a commons — the commons of attention.

There's an element of truth to this, but at the same time, it is possible to refuse to pay much attention to them.

Construction workers in Abu Dhabi are still treated like slaves.