A UK government agent told Melvin Collins that he didn't need his UK passport any more, and took it away. The result was to exile him from Britain forever.

The for-profit US hospital system is closing many rural hospitals because they are not profitable.

Why are they not profitable? Partly because the population in those areas is decreasing. But also because of policies that refuse to support medical care for poor people in the US.

And why does profit decide these questions? Partly because of allowing hospitals to be run by for-profit companies which then make these decisions based on profit rather than for people's lives. We should put an end to that.

US citizens: call on Congress to block the proposed arms sale to Bahrain.

US citizens: Call on Congress to protect integrity of US elections.

The Onion: America's rich and powerful were at a loss Wednesday as to exactly when the rest of the country would finally relinquish all hope and simply give up…