Louisiana thugs shot Trayford Pellerin dead as he was walking away from them.

Since he was armed with a knife, he may have been a danger to the public (though not to those thugs). But I am confident that if he had been white they would have seen how to disarm him without killing him.

China trains some Uighurs to perform dances and act happy for visiting journalists, but they are under tight surveillance and very frightened.

One reported who denounced this said, "China is doing what the British and Americans do. They’re producing fake stories in the service of their imperialism." The US does indeed misrepresent its actions, and sometimes those actions are violent and cruel. But they are not totalitarian.

*From Washington to Minsk, democracy is under siege…and losing the battle.*

Thirty years ago, the IPCC warned humanity we were headed for disaster. Humanity has done little to change course.

The reason, as we know, is that oil company money controls our politics. Oil company money gave us Biden instead of Sanders, and keeps him toeing the line against the necessary measures.

The fires now burning in California have burned .7% of the state's area already. Perhaps 1% of the state's forest area (I have no figures for that). These fires are not natural — they were started, indirectly but knowingly, by the oil companies.

Australian government employee Josh Krook resigned rather than delete and alter two uncontroversial blog posts he had made, at the demand of his boss.

I can imagine blog posts it would be legitimate to ask an employee to delete, or fire per for making. But in this case, the reasons were quibbling and dishonorable.