A BIOS-level virus that spreads by infecting the firmware of USB sticks.

Will valuing "natural capital" lead businesses to preserve it?

If corporations were inclined to manage their resources for long-term capital value, they might do this to natural systems based on their natural capital. However, corporations today typically don't look beyond the stock price 6 months from now. they are more likely to loot natural systems than manage them.

Hillary Clinton's official actions have served the plutocrats, not the people.

I'm fed up with right-wing Democrats like Clinton, Clinton and Obama. It takes lunatic Republicans to make them look good, but that's not good enough to get my vote.

Leopoldo García Lucero, tortured by Pinochet's men after the US-supported coup in Chile, received a judgment against Chile in the Inter-American court.

Nothing can heal the wounds he received, but he is glad to have gained a precedent in the fight against torture and tyranny.

Organizations of private schools in Pakistan have banned Malala Yousafzai's memoir from school libraries. The book is not in accord with their religious views, and dissent is not supposed to be allowed.

This sort of disrespect for basic human rights is typical of Islamic countries.