Julian Assange explains how Stratfor is part of a dangerous centralization of power under the rubric of "national security".

India has established certain rights for dolphins and whales, including the right not to be captured.

Lessons from the suffragettes for feminists and other activists today.

How Apple locates itself in Ireland and arranges not to be considered resident either there or in the US.

It's easy to see how to change US law so that this particular trick won't work — if the US government represents Americans rather than Irish companies such as Apple. Just require that a company can't have a US tax exemption based on being located in some other country unless it is treated as resident by that country.

But Apple uses other tricks too, such as the "unlimited companies". The US could make that stop, too, with a similar condition on taxes.

Here's Apple's bullshit excuse, compared with facts.

US citizens: support Senator Harkin's bill to increase social security payments.