Obama has ordered criminal charges against US government employees who don't report someone they suspect might be a whistleblower.

The example of Snowden shows that this won't stop real whistleblowers, but it will sow the atmosphere of a police state throughout government agencies.

Once they are used to living in it themselves, they will see no reason to hesitate to impose it on the rest of us.

How global heating is expected to affect New York City in this century.

Guantanamo guards have adopted two new tortures for prisoners on hunger strike.

Obama is not "working on" releasing Shaker Aamer and the other prisoners. There is no "work" for him to do. He can order them released at any time, and the remaining bureaucratic work would be for others to do.

What's happening is that Obama refuses to release them, and wants to pretend he is not responsible for the decision. Quite a change from, "the buck stops here."

US citizens: call on Obama and the EPA not to let frackers' friends substitute themselves for the EPA in investigating fracking.

US citizens: call on the US government to protect whales from undersea oil drilling in the Arctic.