National Public Radio rewarded Amazon's funding with a one-sided paean to Amazon's convenience and advanced methods, saying nothing about the injustices it does.

Dissidents and artists in repressive postcolonial countries face a dilemma: stay home and face repression, or seek safety in some former colonial power which respects human rights more, but be interpreted as an excuse for past colonialism.

The UAE has pardoned Matthew Hedges.

This does not alter the basic situation of that country, which remains equally repressive. The universities that have established branches in the UAE should pull back from them.

Protests that block roads can wake people up, but launching an adequate effort to curb global heating requires winning the state's backing.

France is fining cruise ship captains and owners for using fuel that makes excessive air pollution.