"The lie that poverty is a moral failing was buried a century ago. Now it’s back."

People who attributed poverty to bad luck are not entirely wrong. The reason why x% of the population are poor is bad social policies. The reason why person A is part of that x% rather than person B is chance.

It's Not Just Niger — U.S. Military Activity Is a "Recruiting Tool" for Terror Groups Across West Africa.

Boko Haram is a vicious gang, and I don't have any objection in principle to helping to defeat it provided the means are legitimate and the effort makes things better, not worse. But we can't judge those questions if we don't know what the efforts are.

National Security Agencies Are [still] Evading Congressional Oversight.

Many congresscritters accept the agencies' claims without question, or allow themselves to be brushed off with "it's a secret".

The welfare programs of the welfare state are a triumph of organized human decency. We should champion them with pride.

Want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness: banished by the welfare state, imposed once again by the plutocratic state.

Guatemalans hope a return to regenerative farming could enable the country to support all its people.

The article doesn't explain why investment money is needed for this. I can guess at various possibilities, but we need to know the actual answer.

If they can make their economy more sustainable this way, and they want the improvement last, they must not squander the gains on increased population. Thus, reducing population growth needs to be part of the plan.