Egypt's high population growth is leading it to disaster, and the state keeps growth high by maintaining the population in a state of ignorance about sex and reproductive biology.

Clandestine reports from Raqqa say that US bombardment is killing lots of civilians, sometimes destroying entire buildings (perhaps killing dozens of civilians) to get one PISSI sniper.

A new proposal for building large amounts of affordable housing with local control and participation.

It is aimed at the UK, but might be useful for US cities too.

Paul Butler, black American and prosecutor, was arrested and prosecuted. This led him to recognize how the legal system he was part of operates, and not by coincidence, as a chokehold for blacks (especially men).

He explains how thugs systematically use gratuitous violence against blacks, violence of all levels.

In New York, Baltimore, Ferguson, Chicago, Los Angeles, Cleveland, San Francisco, and many other cities, the US justice department and federal courts have stated that the official practices of police departments include violating the rights of African Americans. The police kill, wound, pepper spray, beat up, detain, frisk, handcuff, and use dogs against blacks in circumstances in which they do not do the same to white people.

Al Gore said US will meet its Paris climate commitments even though the troll has formally withdrawn the US from that agreement.

I hope so, but Republicans plan to do more to sabotage this. For instance, they plan more offshore oil drilling. Meanwhile, many states have taken steps to discourage further home solar power installations.

And remember that the Paris agreement is insufficient to avoid disaster.