The president of Botswana is persecuting journalists that reported on his car accident.

Attorney General Holder launched a study of racism among US thugs.

It is a good idea. If only he went after the banksters and the torturers, he'd be doing a good job.

Thugs said they shot Darrien Hunt because he lunged at them with a sword. However, an autopsy found he was shot in the back.

Surveillance camera recordings have been provided to the thugs but not to Hunt's family.

Sea level rise could cause over 200 billion dollars in damages to buildings and infrastructure in Australia in this century.

For the US, I would guess it is ten times that. Has anyone seen a recent estimate?

The US government continues trying to smear Snowden with falsified claims that his disclosures aided terrorists.

Even if they had been of some use to underground enemies of Americans, that harm would be small compared with the positive contribution of giving us a chance to recover democracy.