A giant forest fire is burning in Alaska, 243 square miles in size. And it's not even summer yet.

You can guess what caused this.

The head of the IMF says that income and wealth inequality is harmful, recommending that states provide education and health care, tax the rich more, and regulate banks strictly.

Will any governments listen when the IMF says such things?

The government of Canada and that of Alberta are attacking science, journalism and civil society to protect the tar sands oil extraction from criticism.

This includes calling Greenpeace "extremists", firing and gagging scientists, spying on environmental groups, and deporting journalists.

We think of oil wells as occupying a small spot on the ground. We don't realize that extracting tar sands involves massive deforestation. It seems to be a kind of strip-mining.

A US judge says he thinks somewhere between 1 and 8 percent of defendants plead guilty although they are innocent, to escape long mandatory sentences.

Inclusive Capitalism Initiative is Trojan Horse to Quell Coming Global Revolt.

If the rich want to save capitalism, they can do it — by ending plutocracy. Free the mass media from corporate control by abolishing media concentration. End voter suppression. Increase the taxes on the rich, and spend the money on education, medical care, infrastructure, and support for the poor.

Or maybe, as the author believes, this is just a front meant to convince the gullible that there is no need to defeat the plutocrats.