Cyntoia Brown has received clemency and will be released from prison.

Many people feel disgust for sex workers, and are inclined to treat them unfairly. The same happens to blacks, because of racism, but I think sex workers get it even worse. I think Brown's conviction was an example of this disgust at work.

I agree with the article that her age did not matter to the issue. She had the right to self-defense at age 16, and she would have had the same right if she were 26, 36, 46, or 86. We don't need to label all teenage sex workers as ipso facto "trafficking victims" in order to respect their rights.

Defining populism: a populist movement is one that consistently promises to channel the unified will of the people, and by doing so defeat the schemes of the powerful elite.

I don't think Bernie Sanders denies that a substantial fraction of Americans are right-wing and disagree with him. Thus, I think he is not really a populist by this definition.

A study suggests that overprotecting children may encourage mental illness in teenagers.

Turkey demanded that the US withdraw its troops from Syrian Kurdish territory or else Turkey will attack there.

In effect, Erdoğan is figuring Trump will back down when threatened.

A study found that users aged 65 and over are far more likely to redistribute fake news. They may not understand the need to judge the validity of an article.