*London ship insurers accused of enabling fishing vessels to "go dark",* turning off their tracking devices, probably to fish in territorial waters or in protected zones.

*Banning ideas and authors is not a "culture war" — it's fascism.*

This explains the purpose and operation of DeMentis's censorship law in a way I have not seen before. I did not know the work of the authors that were removed from the AP African American studies course; this article explains the significance of their work and the systematic purpose of censoring them.

In the past, we could count on the Supreme Court to reject censorship laws. I have no confidence in the right-wingers who have captured it to reject the new ones.

Nonetheless, to teach that a person is guilty of past crimes committed by others due to sharing their demographic characteristics is itself an injustice, a form of oppression. It is also unnecessary, if the goal is to teach people to recognize the wrong and reject it. Young Americans are not guilty of the crimes of previous generations, but could easily fall into a life of similar crimes.

We should teach about those past crimes, not to inculcate a feeling of guilt into those who "look like" those who committed them, but to show them what they _might_ become if they are not careful. Instead of teaching, "You were born guilty of that," we should teach, "Watch out -- you could become guilty of that. Right-wing extremists such as DeMentis would be glad to get you started."

I wish the artlcle were not marred by showing the fashionable symbol of left-wing bigotry: capitalizing the word "black" and not "white".

Australia once again has a legal system which makes distinctions between people based on race. Ironically, those of indigenous descent are first-class Australians this time, and the descendants of immigrants from the past 250 years are the second-class Australians.

Australia, and the people who defend this policy, do not use those terms, of course. But that shoe fits the policy. The practice of capitalizing the words "indigenous" and "aboriginal" underlines the kind of distinction between these classes.

The British colonists (mainly convicts who were sent there as punishment) took the land by force, and killed many aboriginals in the process. Then they set up a society in which indigenous people were systematically denied most or all of the rights of citizenship. This persisted until the late 20th century.

Justice calls for compensation for those wrongs — but not by creating inequality of rights once again.

I agree that the way Kuster is being treated is unjust. However, dividing Australians into first and second class is not the only way Australia can change its legal system to correct that.

One possible solution would be to generalize this new right so as to be applicable to all people whose background is associated with Australia — not solely to people whose background is indigenous.

Another solution that would apply to Kuster is suggested by the issue that the US DACA program partially addresses: people who were brought t the US as children and grew up there but are not citizens. They should have a way to become citizens. Australia should have such a policy too, and that would make Kuster a citizen.

US citizens: call on Biden to issue an executive order that guarantees the rail workers the sick leave pay they deserve.

Political article: How the US Can Close Guantanamo Prison