The Senate passed the resolution to deauthorize fighting Iran. However, this is apparently a joint resolution (which requires presidential approval or else a 2/3 supermajority) rather than a concurrent resolution. Why did the Senate choose to do this in a form that won't have legal effect?

US citizens: call on the FCC not to damage the lifeline program. (It provides phone and internet to poor people at low cost.)

If you sign, please spread the word!

Gossip about Julian Assange.

UK universities are ordering academics to keep silent on social media about issues affecting their work environment.

Republicans propose to destroy the climate in order to "save" it. This is done in the most blatant possible way: by extending a tax cut on oil.

*How to Support Your Children in Turning Climate Angst Into Climate Action.*

The comparison with the "Keep America Beautiful" campaign illustrates a common paradigm: business change the system in a way that tends to create a problem, then tells the millions they deal with that compensating for that tendency is their responsibility.