Right-wing prudes would rather put women in danger of cancer than allow them to be vaccinated against papilloma virus at age 12.

PEN and others are suing to stop the bully from threatening to use his powers against freedom of the press.

The merger of Time Warner with AT&T ought to be forbidden simply because they are both so large — regardless of what CNN publishes.

For the giant businesses that seek to rule the world, Universal Basic Income is appealing as a way to keep the masses dependent and powerless.

That doesn't necessarily mean it isn't a change for the better. However, today's politicians would be likely to make the basic income less than universal. They would pass laws to kick people off the basic income if they commit a crime, fail a drug test, protest, attract the attention of the thugs, etc.

I agree that Universal Basic Assets might be better — depending on details. At the same time, I still think that Universal Basic Income could be a good system, if the rest of the political and economic context were better.

The article's criticism of Uber omits the injustices Uber does directly to its customers:

• Making customers run nonfree software
• Identifying them

For the plutocrats and fascists, global heating is not a problem. The problem is us — the people they consider superfluous — and global heating is the solution.

I see a possible way to defeat them: to prove to them now that, if they kill hundreds of millions a few decades from now, those hundreds of millions will make sure to drag them down too.

A parking garage lets motorists pay by handing in plastic bottles.

If the bottles can really be recycled, this does some good, but we really need to make fewer plastic bottles.