One important reform in the Democratic National Committee: the "superdelegates" will not vote in the first ballot round.

This means that anyone who wins enough primaries and caucuses to win on the first round cannot be blocked by the superdelegates.

Indonesia could use seaweed to replace plastic for food packaging, ten years from now.

But it will require government pressure to stop using plastic.

"As Israelis, we call on the world to intervene on behalf of Palestinians."

Pimps pay bail for female prisoners in US jails, then compel them to do sex work or else be jailed again.

"Incarceration takes vulnerable women and makes them more vulnerable."

California has adopted a stricter-than-usual law to regulate commercial databases.

It will probably do some good, but if it does what the article suggests, it won't stop the recordings made from cameras and microphones in the street and in buses, or real-time face recognition on their images, and I doubt it will do much good regarding phone company tracking of phone calls, messages and locations.