Activists Across The Country Beg GOP Leaders To Expand Medicaid. State governments controlled by the Republican party reject this federal aid because they object on principle to providing medical care for the poor.

In France, Who's Afraid Of Freedom Of Speech?

Samaritans booked a hotel suite for six homeless people on Christmas eve, but the hotel cancelled their reservation because it considered homeless people suspect.

For a hotel to require guests to show photo ID is a repressive practice, regardless of who the guests are. This is one of the reasons I avoid hotels whenever possible in my travels. (The others are just a matter of taste.)

While this gift was a pretty gesture, if I were homeless I expect I could think of a better use for $100 than a night in a hotel.

The Charlie Hebdo assassins were known suspects, but French security forces had decided they were not worth paying attention to.

This shows that additional surveillance power is not what they needed.

The Muslim tradition of painting pictures of Mohammad started in the 1200s.