Indonesia increasingly imprisons nonviolent activists who campaign for independence of Indonesia's colony in New Guinea.

People who to try to act as their lawyers face repression too.

The ISP which hosts papuansbehindbars.org faced a DOS attack when the report was posted. One must suspect it was organized by the Indonesian government.

Why do US hospitals find it easier to order expensive tests and treatments than to have enough nurses?

This article proposes the explanation that paying for the expensive things concentrates wealth whereas hiring nurses spreads wealth. The capitalists and their lobbyists push in favor of the former.

Another explanation that occurs to me is that the expensive tests and treatments are billed separately in the US, whereas attention from nurses is not.

It could be that both explanations are partly valid. At this point they are only hypotheses.

"Disruptive" online banks offer to cushion the pain of being in debt. Sooner or later the price for this cushion will be to push their customers a little faster and further into debt.

If you are unable to make ends meet, you need to find cheaper alternatives (don't buy something if you don't need it, share facilities with others rather than getting your own), and fight for higher wages (join or start a union, campaign for progressive candidates).

Netanyahu's latest plan to avoid prosecution is to annex 25% of the West Bank, even though that violates the treaties that govern occupation.

*Aramco’s flotation may have been scaled down, but it shows that capitalism and carbon still go hand in glove.*