Arab intellectuals comment on the fifth anniversary of the Arab spring.

Massive resistance by Haitians has blocked the Haitian presidential election.

The last president, Martelly, was imposed by the US, which brushed aside real elections.

Haitians probably expect the US to impose him again.

A UK judge is suing the UK Ministry of Justice, saying that cuts in legal aid have made courts dangerous even for judges.

Of course, the biggest danger is for defendants that get little or no chance for a defense.

Morocco is cruel to women — here is how.

The women who get pregnant and work in bars get a raw deal, but the origin of this wrong is not in the bars. It comes from their own families and the state. If they were decent, the would help their daughter get an abortion (because a baby would be a big burden) and would see nothing wrong in it.

Google has agreed to pay the UK about 19 million dollars per year for the past 11 years of dodged taxes.

Compared with the income Google has siphoned out of the UK, that is a trifle.

Google extracts billions of dollars per year from the UK without tax, so $20 million in taxes or even $50 million is insignificant as compensation.