Russia is arresting people who monitor environmental damage from the Olympic games, using bizarre and meaningless pretexts.

Extractive agriculture is part of the cause of the UK's floods.

The US has temporarily ceased drone attacks in Pakistan to try to encourage peace talks.

CVS has decided to stop selling tobacco.

I don't advocate banning tobacco, because prohibiting addictive drugs does great social harm. However, it should not be sold in pharmacies because selling it there gives tobacco a sort of medical endorsement.

Obama harps on "opportunity" to distract from high US inequality, but the US poor haven't got much opportunity either.