For most prisoners, imprisonment is a foolish punishment, doing gratuitous harm to many people and not benefiting society. Some countries have nearly eliminated prison.

Texas plans to legalize discrimination against queer people by state employees when it is carried out in the name of religion.

This way, queer people will be denied their rights by officials.

The ACLU presents the basic human rights agenda that it asks candidates to pledge to support.

A bill being considered in Vermont would require thugs to get approval for using surveillance technology or data that others obtain from surveillance technology.

Great Barrier Reef Suffers 89% Collapse in New Coral after Bleaching Events.