We know the US considers dissidents "terrorists". What's news is that some specific nonviolent activists were put on the "domestic terrorist list".

Obama's climate plan is too little, too slow.

Instead of an "all of the above" energy plan, we need an "all of the above" greenhouse gas reduction plan.

The imprisonment of a large fraction of the American black population — mostly for possession of small amounts of drugs — amounts to a disguised replacement for the racist Jim Crow laws that were abolished in the 1960s.

Racist Republican politicians are charging ahead in implementing voter-suppression measures that were blocked under the Voting Rights Act before the Supreme Court threw it away.

RSF: Ecuador's new media law — mix of good principles and bad provisions.

Ecuador's new election law bans media from promoting candidates for 90 days before an election. If interpreted strictly, this could chill coverage of the campaign and the candidates.

The CPJ has many criticisms of Ecuador, some of which are valid while others seem exaggerated based on the facts I have found.