*Frequency of intense floods and storms could double in 13 years, says study.*

Floods have caused a food shortage in East Africa.

*Emails show Trump and appointees tried to craft a narrative that forest protection efforts are responsible for wildfires.*

*The Assange Precedent: The Spark That Lit the Fire in the War on Journalism.*

The campaign for racist censorship has launched a new battle, targeting a book about Hispanics that live near the US-Mexico border, written by someone who is basically a gringo.

We must reject any attempt to claim that someone has no right to write about a certain subject. However, if the book repeats stereotypes, that is a valid criticism of it. And it is entirely legitimate to criticize publishers and demand that they publish and promote the writing of Hispanics that live near the US-Mexico border.

Please don't buy this (or any) book from Amazon. For your freedom's sake, always pay cash for books, and without identifying yourself. And never accept commercial e-books that impose DRM, surveillance, or an antisocial contract that forbids sharing copies.

Kindergarten in the US (at least in some places) has been converted into rigorous training that most children can't handle, and teachers can't bear to make them suffer.

The article talks about "standards" that require this. I am curious where those standards come from. If from government, is it the US government, some state governments, some cities, what?