Pakistan blasphemy case: Asia Bibi remains in jail despite acquittal.

Many years ago, probably 15 or more, I got an invitation to speak in Pakistan. I decided that the state's repression was so dangerous that I should not set foot in that country. If anything, the repression has got worse. Please spread the word: don't go to Pakistan.

Trump Appealed to the Very Worst in America. Too Often, It Worked.

In France, "Race doesn’t exist — unless you need a job, an apartment, to get into school or if the police stop you."

I hope we will achieve a society in which race matters less and less. But we can't eliminate existing bigotry by refusing to recognize it exists.

Florida has voted to restore the right to vote to most of the residents that were convicted of felonies.

I've read that disenfranchisement of convicted felons was adopted with racist motives, as a way to suppress the black vote. It is well established that blacks are more likely to be convicted of a felony than whites, when they have done the same thing.

Here's a summary of state-level ballot questions that have made it easier, or harder, for people to vote in that state.

The bully has fired Sessions as attorney general, and the new acting attorney general Whitaker has declared his opposition to Mueller's investigation.

Whitaker is also connected with a company charged with cheating the public with false promises. This reminds me of Trump University.

A court must consider people as innocent unless proven guilty. That is because the court has power and its exercise of that power needs to be restrained.

We who do not have such power need not be so restrained. If the bully succeeds in preventing courts from considering his apparent crimes, that should count as proof of guilt, for the public.