Hybrid cars use more fuel and emit more pollution than they are advertised to emit.

In other words, they are a green swindle.

*Biden Criticized for Lack of Transparency After Refusing to Publicize Virtual Visitor Logs.*

A restaurant chain, threatened with closure, asks workers to "lend" it 10% of their pay.

Considering how little most restaurant employees make, they may have trouble doing without 10% even supposing they will get it back. But will they get it back?

If the restaurant chain stays in business and becomes successful again, it will probably repay the loan, but we can't be sure. Wage theft from restaurant staff is not unusual.

However, if the restaurant chain goes broke, which apparently might happen, I expect the workers will probably lose the lent pay.

Factory farms emit large amounts of greenhouse gases. We need to regulate farms to bring those emissions down.

Chinese-Australians face a powerful current of racism. Almost 1/5 have suffered violence or threats of violence.

People of Chinese origin or ancestry are not necessarily supporters of the Chinese government. Indeed, some of them hate it.

I've seen articles recently about prejudice in the US against "Asian-Americans". Racial prejudice is bad regardless of the details, but I do wonder what people "Asian-Americans" means. Asia is the biggest continent and includes a variety of peoples, and they do not look similar, so it is implausible that all Asian-Americans are involved.

Are Americans of Turkish descent facing prejudice? Iranian? What about people from India and neighboring countries? Siberians? Do Balinese musicians face threats? Hawaiians?

Are these articles really about people of Chinese descent, or who resemble Chinese? If so, please don't mislead us with "Asian".