Snowden gave journalists a sample of intercepts. The Washington Post says that 1/9 of them were from real targets and 8/9 were from bystanders.

They show that the NSA lied again.

Here's the original story.

An Ethiopian farmer says UK aid to Ethiopia funds the land grab campaign that chases thousands off their land and forces them into artificial villages where they can't get food.

This land grab is probably for the benefit of some global company.

Massachusetts Legislature Advances Key Electronic Privacy Proposal.

Hillary Clinton praised Angela Merkel, Germany's right-wing leader who refused to relax the austerity that has crushed Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy. This shows where Clinton's sympathies lie.

Sea-level rise is hitting Virginia so hard that even Republicans can't deny it.

It's not wholly due to global heating. The US east coast is slowly sinking, and this adds locally to the worldwide rise of the ocean caused by global heating.