The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation helped develop a treatment, then sold its share of the patent rights to a company that is charging almost $400,000 per year. Most of the patients can't afford that.

Other countries' national health systems will negotiate a price that will probably be far lower. US law, paid for by Big Pharma, does not allow this.

North Dakota's public bank is more profitable than US private banks.

The oil boom in North Dakota is not an occasion for humanity to rejoice, given the grave danger it contributes to. But that is orthogonal to the merits of a public bank.

The American Nursing Association has given its support to a Guantanamo nurse who faces a military trial for refusing to participate in force feeding.

Harvard students have sued Harvard for mismanaging the school's endowment by investing it in fossil fuel companies.

These companies' value is inflated by the carbon bubble, which has to pop some day.

Thugs in Brisbane, where the G20 meeting was held, brutally attacked a man with no legs. They will probably claim he was trying to run away.

Of course, the thugs accused the man of various crimes. I am skeptical.