Azerbaijan is using its oil, and oil money, to get European governments to overlook its tyranny.

Egyptian photographer Shawkan has been imprisoned for two years.

Julian Assange rebuked the Swedish prosecutor for letting 5 years go by without bothering to interview him in London.

Whatever Assange may have done in Sweden, it is clear that the Swedish government is not really interested in prosecuting him or potentially punishing him for that. Rather, it is using the prosecution an excuse to harm him.

Sanders responds to Black Lives Matter pressure with several important plans to end systemic imposed inequality.

Many of these measures are vital for other reasons.

The City of Los Angeles will promote use of bicycles.

The City of Los Angeles is a small part of the urban area we think of as "Los Angeles". And, sad to say, living in that area and socializing with friends — unless you met them in your neighborhood — require travelling a lot more than 3 miles. The area needs a train system that will really reach everywhere, and it needs to condense from single-family homes into apartment buildings.