A state-organized mob of bullies harassed defense lawyer Michael Vidler out of Hong Kong.

Some US cities are converting schoolyards from asphault plazas to green parks. The change improves students' well-being. makes the neighborhood less hot, and absorbs water too.

Quebec's latest attempt to force habitants to speak French reaches a repressive level. People who can't speak French will be cut off, after 6 months, from medical care, from government services, and from their legal rights.

Those who manage to speak French, but not well, will suffer the forms of mistreatment that were the reason for the policy of offering them interpreters.

As for the "notwithstanding" loophole, that should be eliminated from the Constitution of Canada.

Why has there been so little global revolt against neoliberalism? And will revolts start now?

Neoliberalism is when plutocracy proudly proclaims that the non-rich don't matter.

Birds are particularly threatened by environmental threats, and most species are moving towards extinction. This article describes the main threats — above all, deforestation.