The Bangladeshi workers on hunger strike received their back pay.

The article does not mention one of the reasons these workers are mistreated so much: the "flexible" system of subcontracting that makes it easy to move production from one subcontractor to another. We must make the shell companies that put their names on these goods responsible for the actions of their supply chain.

Obama tried persistently to unite Iraq under Maliki's government, but he has recognized that this won't work.

Kurdistan makes a much better ally, since it is a nation and has an army that will fight for something other than pay or hatred.

The tiny fraction of climate scientists who deny that human activities cause global heating report much more media coverage than the ones who agree with the consensus.

A large part of US bottle water is shipped from California, which has a severe drought.

I just about never buy a bottle of water in the US or other countries where tap water is potable. Why pollute the environment by being a sucker?

Amnesty International criticizes the US for whitewashing killings of Afghan civilians.

That the Taliban are even worse is no excuse, because they are no standard of comparison.