Isn't it strange that people say we need robots to care for the old and sick because there aren't enough people to do it, when so many people are unemployed?

This is prejudice and plutocracy at work, a desire to replace people with machines and leave more people destitute.

We should ban automation of many jobs, thus preserving work for people, until we institute an automatic personal income so that people don't need jobs.

The US closed its embassy in Libya due to the fighting between militias.

Central American leaders implore Obama to spend billions to help them end gang violence, rather than on repelling the children fleeing from it.

One thing they need is to tear up the plutocratic treaty CAFTA.

Israeli bombardment has leveled entire neighborhoods in Gaza.

The FBI conducted a mandatory study of how drones threaten civil liberties and privacy, and now refuses to tell the public its conclusions.

This is one more element in the US government's systematic contempt for the Constitution and human rights.