The mainstream media are quick to call any killer that is a Muslim a "terrorist", without waiting for the facts. Should we compensate for this by doing something similar to killers that are white?

I think the media should wait for some facts before calling any killer a "terrorist" — because you can't deduce that from the killer's ethnic background or religion, whatever they are.

Tariffs Aren’t a Terrible Idea — If They’re About Well-Being of People Not Corporations.

The articles that condemn tariffs and warn that a "trade war" would be disastrous represent the neoliberal, plutocratic camp that supports business-supremacy treaties. They see tariffs as an impediment to dooH niboR. Their argument is willfully blind, ignoring the injustice of plutocracy.

It does not follow that increasing tariffs without limit is always wise. What we really need is to make it difficult to shift production from one country to another. Once we do that, each country will be able to resume regulating production for the sake of the health, safety, and prosperity of its working people.

The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by fertilizer runoff from farms, would take 30 years to dissipate even if we were to end the runoff completely.

Ahed Tamimi's mother has been sentenced to prison for posting the video of Ahed Tamimi slapping an Israeli soldier. This is called "incitement".

Meanwhile, an Israeli who beat up a Palestinian was sentenced to community service only.

Hurricane Harvey spread lots of toxic chemicals around Texas, and Republican state officials are shielding companies from responsibility by shutting their eyes to the details.