William Barr Has a Long History of Abusing Civil Rights and Liberties in the Name of "National Security".

Italy is closing a refugee center and evicting the 500 refugees that live there.

Supposedly some of them will be housed elsewhere. The rest, who knows?

Julian Assange is suing the US in the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, demanding to know whether he faces US charges.

How Elon Musk's Secretive Foundation Benefits His Own Family.

Tobacco companies, fighting public health measures (such as increased taxes) designed to reduce deaths from smoking, hire "free market" think tanks as lobbying and PR fronts.

To the extent that cigarettes are smuggled, the effects of the tax would be less. One way to reduce that is to make agreements with neighboring countries to increase the tax on tobacco.