A Republican congresscritter champions the right to fire people for being gay.

An Uruguayan marine who snuck out to Italy when investigated for participation in government torture now faces charges in Italy.

The UK's right-wing parties talk about recovering sovereignty from the EU, but they are eager to surrender sovereignty to businesses through TTIP (This Treaty Is Plutocratic).

British politicians distract attention from the need to reduce CO₂ emissions by debating where to expand airports in the London area.

At least the estuary airport would be self-limiting, since global heating will eventually make it unserviceable.

Nigeria is imposing biometric ID cards that include fingerprints and iris scans. And share all the data with Mastercard.

National ID cards such as this are inherently oppressive. Nigeria faces a big terrorist threat, but these cards will do no good whatsoever against it.