"Cost savings" obtained by screwing the poor and sick often cost society dearly. For instance, the UK could save 8 billion pounds a year by spending a mere 1/3 billion on mental health care for mothers.

Reducing spending or deficits is only an excuse. When right-wingers succeed in doing this, they turn around and cut taxes for the wealthy or businesses, thus creating another deficit that they "need" to reduce by screwing the poor and sick.

The US dropped weapons and supplies to Kurds in Kobani. and appears to have convinced Turkey to let Kurdish reinforcements in.

The UK government's real attitude towards the disabled is now patent: to stir up hatred against them while pushing them into hopeless poverty.

People who hate the disabled will forget to hate the plutocrats that really deserve it.

A worldwide survey of happiness finds that people are generally happier in societies with "big government" that runs ample welfare programs.

There's finally an effective way to end teen pregnancy: long-acting birth control.

The US needs a constitutional amendment to establish every citizen's right to vote.