The road-blocking protests in France now aim at inequality and plutocracy rather than just increasing the gasoline tax.

I am happy to see this change, from a shortsighted and mistaken cause to a valid cause.

Taxing fossil fuels more is vitally necessary. We desperately need to reduce the use of them, and only taxing them can put the market to work on doing so. However, plutocracy and inequality are unjust, and not necessary for any valid reason.

Amazon warehouse workers are on strike in several European countries, condemning dangerous working conditions as well as low pay.

Comparing smuggling arms to Iran to selling arms to Salafi Arabia.

Iran is not involved in any aerial warfare, so its combat aircraft are not likely to be fighting in the near future unless the bully launches an attack.

California has narrowed its "felony murder" law, which is used to convict people of murders that they did not plan, anticipate, or help commit. Hundreds of people may be freed from prison.

The US national climate assessment says that global heating effects will soon cause "substantial damages" to many regions of the US. The scientists whose work is reported say that the government weakened their conclusions and then tried to avoid attention to it.