The fallacious belief that people get what they deserve encourages people's disregard to the suffering people around them.

Islam has a rich tradition old of presenting images of Mohammed, and parts of the Qur'an espouse toleration of religious dissent and even mockery.

How Chinese paid pro-government microbloggers operate.

One borough in a small city has 300 of these paid agents.

Fossil fuel companies are funding a PR campaign that presents them as the saviours of humanity, to distract us from their plan to cause global disaster.

A study estimated that global heating would kill 100 million people by 2030. I expect the damage to accelerate as temperature rises ever faster; by 2050 it is likely to kill tens of millions per year.

Under these circumstances, even violent attacks on fossil fuel company installations could be justified on the grounds that they will prevent a bigger crime.

Boko Haram took over a town and killed everyone that couldn't run away fast enough. Perhaps 2000 were killed.