US citizens: call on your congresscritter to cosponsor AOC's bill to ban use of tear gas in peacetime.

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.

If you call, please spread the word!

*Colorado Voters Could Be First to Pass Paid Family Leave by Ballot Measure.*

The state will pay the worker on leave, so people who have been compelled to be "independent contractors" won't be left out.

*European support for [right-wing "populist"] beliefs falls, YouGov survey suggests.*

Let's not forget that the original populists campaigned to increase people's democratic control over government, which had important achievements.

Let's reclaim that word for its original meaning.

Pope Francis is setting a bad example on one issue, by holding maskless meetings.

I agree that he should set a good example by insisting that everyone wear masks.

Amartya Sen reports on India's practice of arbitrarily labeling people as "terrorists" and putting them in prison without trial. Ironically, people who are committed to Gandhian nonviolent resistance are especially likely to be called "terrorists".

Sen eplains that authoritarian governments tend to equate "anti-government" with "anti-national".