Carcinogenic firefighting chemicals are getting into US water supplies, and since they do not naturally degrade, the level continues to increase.

Foster parenting in the US has been privatized, and some of the companies shirk their responsibilities.

Government services should never be privatized unless that gives the public a competitive market. Children in foster care do not get to choose the foster care company, so that is not the case here.

We need not even raise the point that the customers of foster care are children, who need foster care because of their immaturity, so they are not ready to make a wise choice of foster care company.

Populations of flying insects in Germany's wildlife reserves have fallen by 3/4 in the past 25 years.

This can affect entire ecosystems.

Israeli troops shot an unarmed Palestinian teenager, then kept paramedics away while he bled to death. This is not unusual, but that teenager was a US citizen, which makes the US government scramble to avoid taking proper notice.

Quebec has banned people from covering their faces while on public transit.

This prevents all citizens from protecting themselves from the massive surveillance systems.