Americans should stop freaking out when they see children in parked cars.

The US has a general pattern of smothering overprotection of children.

It is normal for children to leave the house and play together without adults. It used to be normal in the US for children to walk some miles to school by themselves.

Even opponents of abortion rights don't really believe that abortion is murder.

They use the slogan to talk themselves into a frenzy so they can aggress against women's rights.

Mercury pollution from industry and burning coal accumulates in the oceans near the surface and gradually poisons marine life.

Israeli dissident Gideon Levy, who criticized the Israeli air force for callously bombing civilians, is receiving death threats from powerful right-wing politicians.

Mothers of murdered Argentine dissidents are finding some of their kidnaped grandchildren.