The Jewish National Fund is suing Palestinian organizations in the US, alleging that their boycott/divestment/sanctions campaign is "terrorism".

The trial court dismissed the suit, finding the accusation "threadbare". That is an understatement — the accusation is blackwhiting. Boycotting institutions and companies is a standard tool of democratic political action. It is not, repeat not, terrorism.

Musk is suspected of stock trading based on insider information.

Interviews with Peruvians about the political situation there.

I am curious about the background of the current president, Boluarte. Why was she made vice president? Who chose her for that position, and on what basis?

The UK is considering making it a crime to keep silent about something that might lead a potential sex partner (which includes any potential sweetheart or spouse) to reject you.

To criminalize the failure to inform someone of something — whatever that something might be — invites injustice. To avoid that consequence, the requirement must be narrowly limited to a few special cases, each clearly justified and easy to recognize.

Under this law, anyone who has a characteristic for which people are stigmatized or simply rejected will have to tell all potential lovers. Don't try to live it down — ever.

Consider the risk you'd take by passing as white and getting involved with someone who might have hesitated (and perhaps said no) rather than agree to an interracial relationship. Whether that hesitation is due to being racist, or to fear of others' racism (*), or even to fear of future systemic racism, the effect is the same.

You could try to argue that you did not know for a fact that that point was important to per, but those who want to make an example of you will respond, "Lots of people feel that way, so you should have known to expect it. Guilty!"

* Writing this reminded me of the song, Society's Child. Please do NOT access it through a streaming dis-service. Use invidio.us!

Harvard's Kennedy School of Government reversed itself and approved the fellowship for Kenneth Roth, former head of Human Rights Watch.