The US has returned a Guantanamo prisoner to Afghanistan after a court ruled that the US had no grounds to hold him prisoner.

That is a significant step towards bringing rule of law to the Guantanamo prisoner, but it does not get all the way there. The US must punish the torturers, and hold no one prisoner without a true, fair trial.

In addition to the personal suffering, banning abortion will spread poverty and cause significant economic harm to the US.

A US appeals court sustained a state law penalizing contractors that won't condemn the Palestinian Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions campaign.

The heat in Phoenix nowadays kills homeless people.

Transportation of food causes 6% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.