Neera Tanden's nomination has been spiked in response to angry tweets.

Why were progressive senators such as Sanders planning to vote for her?

A study found toxic fracking chemicals in the air, water and human bodies in the region of fracking in Pennsylvania, even in people who live five miles away.

Fracking ought to be banned on account of its global heating contribution alone, but local pollution adds another good reason.

Bogus Johnson openly manipulates the government to pay for personal conveniences for him.

Tories have legitimized corruption to the point where they don't need to disguise it.

Meanwhile, Labour has become so "centrist" that there is a serious proposal for it to become the "party of business", instead of the party of working people and those in need.

A party of the rich and the bigots and a party of business — that's what the US had under Clinton. Progressive Democrats are gradually changing that.

Jamaica's laws criminalize homosexuality. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ruled that these laws violate human rights and inspire violence, especially by the uniformed thugs, which extends as far as murder.

The challenge of changing those laws, and changing the hatred, remains.

Hong Kong is putting protest leaders on trial for political charges. 1000 people came to protest.

China has crushed freedom in Hong Kong. What about freedom in the US and the UK? Both are threatened now.