The UK government classed nonviolent Greenpeace and PETA along with Nazis.

*Kimberly Gardner, first African American circuit court attorney in St Louis, accuses city and police union of conspiring to remove her from office.* She is suing them and has the support of other black prosecutors.

The IRS has terminated its commitment not to release its own tax-filing software. Does this matter?

When the article says "free", it means "gratis" — zero price. The gratis digital filing options offered by companies almost surely require the user to run a nonfree program. (Can anyone check the facts for me?). In addition, they require trusting the company with your personal data.

A gratis digital filing option from the IRS won't require trusting a company with personal data, but no other improvement is assured.

The IRS would be able to release it as free/libre software, but we can't expect that to happen by itself. More likely it will release that software in the unjust way most software is released. A nonfree program is equally unjust whether it comes from a company or a government agency.

We will need to urge, perhaps pressure, the IRS to respect taxpayers' computing freedom by releasing free/libre tax-filing software.

Parts of the US sanctions against Iran are hitting US citizens and residents of Iranian origin.

Aside from the question of whether US economic warfare against Iran is necessary, or makes any sense, it clearly makes no sense to stop parents in Iran from paying their children's school in the US. The bully has introduced hatred into the issue, and officials seem to think that anyone that hurts or rejects some Iranian is good.

3 million Syrians are trapped in Idlib province as Assad's forces slowly advance and squeeze them tighter.

Assad may kill many of them if he captures them.

The offensive includes systematically attacking hospitals and clinics.