Republicans in Florida are pushing the teaching of Christianity in public schools, and state funding of unaccountable private schools.

The French government ordered the Internet Archive to take down the Project Gutenberg archive, Grateful Dead recordings and Prelinger Archive, calling them "terrorism".

It is vitally important to reject such demands, not seek ways to satisfy them. Compromising, trying to satisfy them, strengthens the movement for global censorship. The proper response is, "Censor and be damned!" If the French government blocks access to the Internet Archive, it will show the citizens of France how repressive its policies are — which is exactly what they need to know.

The bully's prohibition on transgender persons in the military has brought back the damaging "don't ask, don't tell" policy that was formerly applied to homosexuals.

The US denied entry to Palestinian leader Omar Barghouti, cofounder of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement.

"It's an immigration matter" conveys zero information — denying someone entry is always an "immigration matter". So that response was a non-answer pretending to be something more.

I do not advocate the BDS movement — rather, I support a boycott of Israel's colonies in Palestinian territory, which was founded by Gush Shalom.

However, it is despicable for the US to exclude advocates of a nonviolent political cause. Pretending that's not what's happening makes it a little more despicable.

Texas Woman Jailed for Alleged Theft of $1 — And Being Unable to Post $12,000 Bail.