A black firefighter in Oakland was doing fire safety vegetation inspections of yards of houses, wearing a uniform. Residents twice accused him of being a burglar, apparently because of his skin color.

The US immigration thugs use a special program to try to estimate whether an asylum seeker is likely to show up for hearings if released, or should be imprisoned. The program is very simple — it unconditionally answers "imprison!"

Venezuela's largest ISP, government-owned, has blocked Tor.

Can someone find me a page which presents an up-to-date list of countries that block Tor?

One of many reasons to eliminate the death penalty is because of bias in sentencing. One form of bias in the US is against homosexuals. The Supreme Court refused to consider a case in which jurors were openly and even admittedly motivated by this bias.

The best way to eliminate bias in applying the death penalty is to abolish the death penalty.

Whistleblower Reality Winner, who informed the US about Russian attacks on states' election computer systems, accepted a plea bargain for 5 years in prison.

Treating whistleblowers as spies is fundamentally wrong. In effect, it declares the American people to be the enemy of the US government. If that's how things are, I choose the people's side.

To ensure that taking the public's side is not allowed in court, the Espionage Act explicitly forbids the defendant to argue that blowing the whistle was a service to the public, even if it was.