Child poverty has increased in many of the world's wealthiest countries.

That's directly due to plutocratic policies of transferring income to the wealthiest.

Shell asked the US for a 5 year extension in trying to do dangerous underwater oil drilling in the Arctic.

Forecasts of a high rate of US oil and gas extraction turn out to be based on oil company figures that were designed to attract investors. The real potential is much less.

If the worst problem we faced was that oil and gas might become expensive, this would be bad news. However, this is good news since it will encourage investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Newspaper Outraged After FBI Creates Fake Seattle Times Page to Nab Suspect

The US government keeps using impersonations to catch people, without considering the harm this will do. It had someone run an unauthorized vaccination program to find Osama bin Laden, and the resulting resentment is stopping us from eliminating polio.

US Sues AT&T, Alleges Severe Throttling of "Unlimited Data" Customers.