Verizon blocked people in North Carolina from getting their email and storm updates, saying "Pay for higher priority if you want any service."

A Republican Member of Congress Wants [gratis] Public Access to Judicial Records.

It is a good idea, and I won't criticize it because of who supports it.

The US government is refusing passports to natural born US citizens, saying that their birth certificates are not good enough.

Oakland is setting up sheds for homeless people to move to.

It seems like a positive step for me, but we shouldn't accept as a permanent solution that poor people have to live in sheds. The US is not so poor that it can't afford housing for everyone at the usual standards.

The citizens of Washington, DC, voted for an initiative to increase the minimum wage. The city council decided to cancel it, showing it represents the businesses, not the voters.