The Sudanese military rulers are arresting people who supported democratic government people who supported democratic government, as well as journalists, and holding them incommunicado.

Alabama Republicans have made it illegal for schools to teach that any illegal action is a legitimate option.

If interpreted in an evenhanded way, this excludes the American Revolution from the curriculum, not to mention the civil rights movement. I expect Republicans to apply the law selectively.

Proper judges would declare it unconstitutional, not because of the specifics but rather on general principles, but we cannot count on today's judges to defend academic freedom.

Background to the coup in Sudan.

A low-profile right-wing lobbying group guided the bully's "populist" tax cuts.

to help them benefit the rich more.

Alabama Republicans have made it illegal for schools to teach that any illegal action is a legitimate option.

If interpreted in an evenhanded way, this excludes the American Revolution from the curriculum, not to mention the civil rights movement. I expect Republicans to apply the law selectively.

Proper judges would declare it unconstitutional, not because of the specifics but rather on general principes, but we cannot count on today's judges to defend academic freedom.