Macron is being harmed by the scandal of his aide who dressed up as a uniformed thug to help beat up a protester. But the worst scandal is that he's a centrist — a plutocratist.

Alas, he has already done permanent damage to the rights of workers, and to the interests of the non-rich.

Sooner or later the US will have another economic crisis. The causes of the last one are still mostly in place.

The Dodd-Frank law was an insufficient measure to prevent another crisis, and part of it has been repealed.

Thousands of Nicaraguans are fleeing to Costa Rica to escape repression by Ortega's "security" forces.

Various expats' reports on the clampdown in Nicaragua.

The population of king penguins in their principal island home has crashed by 90%.

Scientists don't know why, but if global heating is not responsible now, it is expected to hit them later.

The Government By the People Act is another bill that proposes to replace campaign funding by the rich.