13 Ways It Costs More To Be Poor.

Suggestions for convincing denialists that global heating is a real danger.

Plutocratist Democrats support a move to eliminate part of the US's inadequate protections against irresponsible speculation by big banks.

Why are big banks inclined towards irresponsible speculation? Because of "moral hazard": they figure they will get bailed out if they lose a bet, as long as the bet is big enough.

Hamas violently crushed protests in Gaza against Hamas over economic policies.

New Zealand has banned the sale of military-style semiautomatic rifles, as well as the parts and devices to make them fire automatically. Also large magazines.

This will make it difficult to obtain a near-automatic rifle for a massacre. It will also impede plans to shoot people with semiautomatic military-style rifles. That is a benefit because their bullets travel with a high velocity that makes them more likely to kill or cause severe wounds.