US citizens: phone your senators to oppose the Republican bill, which is also designed to squeeze millions of Americans out of their medical care.

Also object to its attempts to ban abortion. And to tax cuts for the rich.

Stiglitz sees the bully as a kind of fascist, and fears he will impose repression or start a nuclear war.

However, Stiglitz agrees with the bully on one thing: that NAFTA is harmful.

The bully toured Asia, and fawned on tyrants and killers that seem tougher than he is.

Note how the author of the article presented the TPP as something unquestionably desirable. Don't fall for that plutocracy!

Activists call for a global tax on fossil fuel companies to pay the costs of damage done by global heating.

Focusing on today's damage and helping today's victims is a fundamental mistake -- the long-term damage will make today's damage look like a pin-prick.

If a tax established for the purpose of helping today's victims is heavy enough, it might have the effect of discouraging fossil fuel use. It might thus do the necessary long-term job; but we should not presume it will be heavy enough to achieve that.

If not, we had better tax the fossil fuel companies based on the damage that they will cause.

The speaker of Indonesia's parliament has been accused of corruption.

He crashed his car and was admitted to a hospital with injuries.