Corporations have cut their US state tax bill by more than half since 1980 by making states compete to reduce their taxes.

California Governor Brown proposes to get half the state's electricity from renewable sources by 2030.

Progress in converting electric generation is welcome, but the fraction of electricity generated from renewable sources is the wrong base for defining goals. The crucial point is to reduce the total greenhouse gas emissions.

Bernie Sanders demanded the US Trade Representative release the draft text of the TPP.

Shafqat Hussain of Pakistan was tortured into a confession of involuntary manslaughter when he was 14 years old. He will soon be executed for this.

The death penalty is always wrong, but seeing it used for involuntary manslaughter is shocking in its own way.

The entire thug department of Medellín de Bravo, in Mexico, has been arrested on suspicion in collaborating in kidnaping a pesky journalist.