Ariel Dorfman's book How to Read Donald Duck survived Pinochet's repression and has now been published by the US.

His book Death and the Maiden gives a fictional picture of what Pinochet's repression was like.

Mayan engineer Mariano Gómez connected his isolated rural community to the internet, and was invited by the Internet Society to receive an award. The US would not let him apply for a visa, not for anything he had done, but for being poor.

Harvard cancelled its invitation to Chelsea Manning to be a Visiting Fellow in response to a complaint from the head of the CIA.

One wag restated Harvard's position with, "Due to a clerical error we thought she'd perpetrated war crimes, but it turned out she EXPOSED them, and Harvard WILL NOT stand for that."

Harvard does not seem embarrassed by inviting right-wing bigots and liars to be Visiting Fellows.

Harvard effectively admitted that it was giving in to CIA pressure.

Harvard alumni, when Harvard asks you for money, I suggest you print and send a copy of that last article instead.

Everyone: stand with Jemele Hill, and rebuke ESPN for silencing her.

US citizens: Support the Equality Act to ban discrimination against queer people.