The new plan for Detroit's water supply eliminates public accountability and paves the way towards future privatization.

Obama is trying to stretch presidential authority to cover air attacks anywhere in the world. This is a dangerous precedent.

Obama calls ISIS a "terrorist group", but I think that term is misleading. ISIS does not seem to have carried out any terrorist attacks against civilians. It is murderous and oppressive, but in a different form. I would call it a gang army. They have been known for many years in the eastern Congo and other parts of Africa.

Obama says he will employ the tactic of drone assassination against ISIS because it has been so successful in Yemen and Somalia. The Islamist militias in those countries don't seem to have been defeated by years of drone assassinations.

The current round of air strikes against ISIS don't pose the same problems because they take the form of close air support in field battles. It is easy to distinguish soldiers with heavy weapons from civilians, so mistakes are unlikely. If some civilians are hit, their relatives will understand that battle zones are dangerous places to be.

But it appears that Obama expects the fight against ISIS to develop into an assassination campaign. If it does, it will generate support for ISIS.

John Crawford was shot dead by thugs in a Walmart while holding a BB gun he wanted to buy. It appears this was based on an exaggerated and false accusation from someone who was in the store.

The article shows why "open carry" laws effectively apply only to whites. It's too dangerous if you're black. Lawfully carrying a concealed gun can cause you trouble if you're a black; thugs frequently search you, and even though the gun is not a crime, the thugs will look for an excuse to charge you with something.

As a result, "stand your ground" laws are also whites-only.

Greenhouse gas emissions in 2013 increased faster than any time since 1984.

Models are in danger of being denied their pay unless they diet to an extent that is dangerously unhealthy. Except the stars, of course.

These abuses resemble what we see in other fields of work, so I wonder if there are general solutions that cover all fields.

For instance, how does it happen that models start in debt? Should it be a crime to make workers pay money to get a job?