Simon & Schuster rejected demands from staff to cancel publication of Pence's memoir.

I thoroughly oppose Pence's politics, and I would not regret if his book were not published, But I also oppose the efforts of the publisher's staff to bully the company into cancelling books.

Some Christian clerics are working for climate defense.

Turkey is deporting Iranian exiles to Iran after they joined Turks in protests.

In Mexico, election season is also drug gang war season, since the rival gangs want to control state governments.

Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murdering George Floyd.

That killing was one instance of a recurring pattern. Lesser instances, which are not fatal but do oppress, happen all over the country every day. One conviction is just a step towards the goal of ending that.

I wonder — if Chauvin had let Floyd up after 7 minutes, and Floyd had survived with evident brain damage, would Chauvin have been prosecuted at all?