US Ready for Talks with North Korea "Without Preconditions", Tillerson Says.

At last, a bit of sense. But it reaching an agreement depends on mutual trust, and if there is any government on Earth that is harder to trust than North Korea under Kim Jong-un, it is the US under the bully.

The Grand Canyon and the Havasupai tribe that lives in it are still threatened by uranium mining nearby.

The fact that mining is even being considered for that area illustrates the plutocratic tendencies of our government.

There is a plan to spend $17 billion to restore Puerto Rico's electric grid and make it more resilient.

What the article does not say is whether this would add $17 billion to the debt that Puerto Rico is unable to pay, and whether this would be used as a level for privatization -- of the electric grid and other systems too.

Forget Mark Zuckerberg's charity -– We Need Corporate Tax Reform.

Chinese Authorities Collecting DNA (and iris scans) from All Residents of Xinjiang (except children and old people).

I expect this is a pilot project, and they will extend it to everyone in China in a few years.

We must all fight against biometric identification in our countries. If you are in India, please campaign against Aadhar and for payment in cash.