African refugees in Italy are authorized to work, but they have to work 10 hours a day on farms for below the minimum wage, and are compelled to live in unlivable habitations.

A woman in Kosovo went to the thugs to report that her teacher had raped her, and the investigating thug handled the case by raping her again, and again.

To crown it all, the Kosovan state is prosecuting the people who tried to help her with an abortion. Kosovo must legalize abortion, for everyone, as well as punish the rapists.

I speculate that the thug chose her to rape partly because of the patriarchal idea that an unmarried woman who is not a virgin has become worthless. Changing ways of looking at the world is not easy, but that is the long-term change that is needed.

One detail that is morally irrelevant is the age of the woman. In fact, she was 16, but if she had been 6, 26, or 60, it would have made no difference. Rape, forcing or compelling someone to have sex, is wrong no matter who it is done to.

Blackface entertainers played an important role, starting before the civil war, in teaching white Americans to belittle blacks, tolerate slavery, and demand segregation.

The author argues that blackface was so widespread, so accepted among whites, that it makes no sense to punish individuals heavily for having done this 30 years ago. However, we should be very strict with today's young people, if they do this. That way they will learn the lesson.

I recall when politicians' careers could be ruined for having done various things that lots of people did. At one point, it was using marijuana. At another point, it was hiring household help and not paying social security tax for them.

Pompeo is spreading Iraq-style lies as excuses to invade Venezuela.

The idea that Hezbollah has "cells" in Venezuela, where nearly everyone is Christian, is absurd. Lebanese did emigrate to many Latin American countries, but they were mostly Christians.

The idea of a Cuban "invasion" is absurd too.

Pearson dominates testing and test training in US education, and even owns schools. A number of states are breaking loose.