The US census bureau is conducting a dry-run in a town in Rhode Island, and it appears intended to undercount immigrants.

Madagascar's forests are being cut down for vanilla plantations. Many species can go extinct.

It appears that today's wealthy people are more than the Earth can support.

The US proposes to require would-be visitors to the US to list all their social media identities for the past 5 years.

This could intimidate people against posting criticism of the US. Maybe that's its purpose.

I think the fingerprint requirement is more of a violation of human rights than the social media requirement. But this global censorship effect could make the latter do more damage to world freedom.

Shooter drills and security are turning US schools mad. Some schools operate on full-time lockdown.

Naomi Wadler: the 11-year-old helping lead a protest movement.

It takes an exceptional 11-year-old to do this, but we should expect normal 11-year-olds to do most everyday activities on their own. Indeed, they don't need to be that old to do most everyday activities on their own.