UK state schools, which are supposed to be gratis, impose large costs that poor families can't pay. The biggest cost is the uniform.

Verizon is funding an explicitly censored technology news site which has a commitment not to discuss network neutrality or massive surveillance.

Many mainstream media hush up or mistreat these issues. What is amazing is to admit it.

The US is rushing to approve genetically modified salmon, while Panama has fined the operator of the salmon hatchery they would come from.

These salmon threaten to contaminate wild salmon with the artificially introduced gene, which could wipe out wild salmon stocks.

Australia's government wants to record all phone calls in a data base it could search without restriction.

This would directly threaten all whistleblowers.

Palestinian nonviolent protester has been imprisoned for "disturbing an Israeli soldier".

Using such pretexts to imprison protesters is a sign of tyranny.