A university student recruiting service has adopted a policy of rejecting oil, gas and mining companies.

Starbucks has agreed to negotiate with all 230 of the US stores that have unionized.

Cuba has held a referendum on a proposed law -- to legalize same-sex marriage.

The new law was approved, with 2/3 of the votes in favor and 1/3 against. It appears there was actual public disagreement about the law. Allowing democracy in one policy area and tolerating public disagreement is a step forward for Cuba.

*Italy's Giorgia Meloni is no Mussolini -- but she may be a Trump.*

*US courts must stop shielding government surveillance programs from accountability.*

To do this, we must also crack down on all kinds of commercial surveillance. Once the data have been put in a database, the state will surely arrange to access them.