This may break your heart

What the Calais refugees left behind, when authorities tore down their migrant camp known as The Jungle, from The Guardian.

Donald Trump is a man baby

Because I said so in The Guardian.

Deadly force and poor people

Since June 2015, the British newspaper, The Guardian, is keeping The Counted, a sad running list of people who’ve been killed by police officers. From FiveThirtyEight, the police are killing people at roughly the same rate as before Ferguson, when teenager Michael Brown was shot in the street in August 2014. But go back to …

The recent increases in minimum wage are nice but:

We need more. I wrote this for The Guardian.

The NY Times called it “landmark”

Here. The Guardian called it “the world’s greatest diplomatic success.” Here are the results. Here’s Grist’s take on it. Your thoughts?  

Want to end homelessness?

Give away homes. I wrote this for The Guardian. That’s Shannon, Cookie (the dog) and Boogie, in their new apartment, thanks to the good efforts of some activists, advocates, and others during the 100-day challenge.

I wish the Americans had fought against austerity, as the Europeans are now

I wrote this for The Guardian’s Comment Is Free. We aren’t following the protests much, but Europeans are fighting to keep their safety nets. We should have, as well, but we let the damnable notion of the American Dream convince us that a net isn’t necessary, that You Can Make It Here. Onward.

If hard work is rewarded with riches on earth…

…why isn’t every woman in Africa fabulously wealthy, asks George Monblot at The Guardian. And thanks, DickG., for the link.