Elif Shafak: "Turkey’s LGBT community is fighting for freedom. That’s why Erdogan targets it."

Trump's cruelty and vindictiveness are highlighted by his actions in Scotland.

"Here he intimidate[d] ordinary people; he made outrageous promises to hoodwink the gullible; and he showed a breathtaking disdain for the environmental toll..."

Fear of Immigration Drove the "Leave" Victory — Not Immigration Itself.

The UK voters voted 52%-48% in favor of taking the UK out of the EU, but actually doing so will be very difficult.

The referendum has no direct legal effect; it is just a recommendation. I tend to think that Parliament will ultimately decide to disregard the recommendation, because the small margin was not a real mandate.

The vote reflects a broad level of dissatisfaction with the EU all across its territory.

It is a shame that the dissatisfaction is being mobilized by right-wing nationalists playing on racism, with a fake revolt, rather than by progressives who would instead aim to free the EU from control by business and plutocrats.

US citizens: call on Congress not to permit drug test requirements for food stamps.

Are these idiots trying to make addicts quit by starving them? Or punish their children?