DeVos was invited to speak to the graduation at Bethune-Cookman, formerly one of the black colleges set up because blacks were excluded from other colleges. The students booed her off the stage. Hooray for them.

I don't believe that the school administrators invited her for intellectual reasons. I believe they were doing it for political reasons, effectively sucking up to Republicans.

I hope that students and donors demand they resign.

The Dakota Access pipeline isn't operating yet but has already had an oil spill. The company wasn't going to inform us.

A judge released Baxter Reid, who was jailed by the US when Canada didn't let him leave the US just before his visa required.

I am glad that judge resolved this in a good way, but the problem is in the system. It's not enough to end one example of the injustice. The US needs to change the attitude of grasping for a chance to screw someone.

The US government keeps too many secrets and that threatens democracy. Journalists must publish leaked secrets, when they consider them to speak to important issues.

They also need to fight against plans to prosecute Wikileaks.

Almost a million Britons now work on zero-hour contracts in which they are not assured of any work each week.