An oil magnate tried to pressure the University of Oklahoma to fire scientists that were demonstrating a relationship between fracking and earthquakes.

Burundi dissidents are fleeing into permanent exile after death threats from organized supporters of the ruling party.

A whistleblower and a journalist are being prosecuted for leaking information about how Luxembourg helps companies evade taxes in other countries.

These maneuvers are legal, but that doesn't make them acceptable; rather, it inculpates various states that have failed to prohibit them. We must reject the idea that whistleblowing, to be legitimate, must limit itself to revealing crimes.

Palmyra is part of the memories of humanity; a part of human heritage that we must defend for the sake of future generations of humanity.

The Rohingya crisis is a foretaste of what will happen around the world as global heating ramps up the difficulty of the game of life. Instead of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing, we may have hundreds of millions.