9 states join many students calling for the US to forgive student loans that were given out to pay for-profit "colleges" that systematically mislead students.

Saudi bombs are killing lots of civilians in Yemen. The continued fighting between the Houthis (who may still be winning) and the Hadists is causing devastating conditions (no water for a week) that will surely kill a lot more.

It is likely to lead to more wars.

Our rate of CO2 emissions today matches the rate that seems to have killed 90% of all marine species at the end of the Permian epoch.

Mohamed Soltan, visiting Egypt from the US and translating Arabic to English for a journalist, was shot by thugs, then tortured in prison. Now he faces a long sentence or execution based on charges nobody bothered to prove.

Argentina is once again trying to demand control of the Falkland Islands. Aside from distraction in Argentina, the main motor of the dispute is undersea oil.

Since we must leave most known oil reserves unextracted, Argentina and the UK should make an agreement that neither one will extract oil there.