An Iranian "reformist" newspaper has been closed, reminding us that even if Iran makes a deal about uranium enrichment, it will still be a theocratic tyranny.

Global heating is making polar bears starve, so in part of Canada a few of them try to eat humans.

We can't blame the polar bears. They don't understand global heating; we do.

Brazil is being accused of hypocrisy for minor forms of surveillance such as following foreign diplomats' cars.

I don't see anything wrong with the practices described here, which are aimed at specific people that there is a specific reason to be suspicious of. It isn't wrong for the US to do this sort of surveillance, either. What makes US surveillance an injustice is that it is massive and general, aimed at all Americans.

A former congressman was denied a voting ID under the state's tough new voter suppression law.

Offering men paternity leave to match women's maternity leave could indirectly reduce employment discrimination against women.