The governor of Kentucky is taking over a school district; teachers say it is retaliation against them by taking the students hostage.

It is no surprise that a school district whose students come from poor families in bigotry-target groups is doing badly. It probably has very little money.

Malaysia's "fake news" is being used against an opposition candidate, who was the previous prime minister.

He didn't respect democracy all that well when he was in office, but his successor seems to be flagrantly worse.

The American Chemical Society is perverting the US legal system permanently in the attempt to make the science-sharing site Sci-Hub inaccessible.

The American Chemical Society is an enemy of science. Can we find a way to make the public condemn it as it deserves to be condemned?

The proposed implementation of the DARK Act, meant to prevent effective labeling of genetically modified foods, is to use bright, pretty images and not say "GMO".

The NSA tripled its collection of Americans' phone call and message records in 2017.

It collects all the records about everyone who has communicated at least once with one of the people on its target list. We don't know how many people that amounts to, but my rough estimate is 200,000 to 500,000 people.