No system of recycling for drink bottles will be effective unless people get a refund on a deposit for turning in the bottles.

Sanders: "A basic principle of American economic life should be that if you work 40 hours or more a week, you do not live in poverty."

Really our goal should be that no one lives in poverty, but Sanders is campaigning for a substantial step forward.

Airwars has found over 3000 civilian casualties from US bombing in Iraq and Syria, but the Pentagon acknowledges only 352 of them.

Airwars' method of counting tends to lead to a considerable underestimate. The real number must be a lot more.

We should note that the US bombing in Syria and Iraq is far less criminal than PISSI. Meanwhile, the US bombing in Yemen is entirely gratuitous.

Some sunscreens contain a chemical that poisons coral even in very low concentrations.

Beyond apartheid to ethnic cleansing: the rabbi that leads a significant Israeli electoral party calls for expelling all non-Jews from Israel.

Peace Now: Israel's New Settlement Policy an Attempt to "Fool International Community".