@ NYTimes.com only saw this now, wasn't aware of the O'Rourke plans, not seeing anything on it yet. Interesting in that there were few formal counter rallies previously
Every single civil rights lawyer is paying attention to this case. That's because it could give the Supreme Court a chance to make school integration illegal, by saying that intentional INTEGRATION and intentional SEGREGATION are legally equivalent. https://t.co/FenGw1DMsc
The past week has seen a combustible collision of politics focused on racial and ethnic identity, highlighting how much the national discourse is being fragmented not only by partisan loyalties, but also by factors innately personal. From me and @WaPoSean: https://t.co/jVAw8G2SbC
I talked to Wall Street Journal about Saudi Arabia’s media ventures and my experience at Iran International television, which I left last year because their editorial direction is increasingly influenced by Saudi foreign policy. (thread) https://t.co/dhHCQsBm2V
Once broad churches, both the Tory and Labour parties have become increasingly sectarian. Breakaways will be the result.. When pollsters ask who would make best prime minister, Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are regularly beaten into second and third place by 'Neither.’
Sierra Leone has declared a national emergency over sexual and gender-based violence after recorded cases of rape and assault doubled over the last year. President Julius Maada Bio announced the emergency on Thursday amid a public outcry over the issue, triggered by a series of high-profile attacks.
Mr Bio said attacks on minors - which account for a third of all cases - would be punished with a life sentence. Activists say many assaults are not punished under current laws.
The US envoy for North Korea has returned from Pyongyang, where he held talks to prepare for a second US-North Korean leadership summit. Stephen Biegun spent three days in discussions, and US officials said he would meet his counterpart again.
[....] (John) Kerry turned over the gavel to Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, on Saturday at the annual dinner, which is closed to the news media. But as always, some of the best jokes found their way out of the ballroom.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joined with the Supreme Court’s liberals Thursday night to block a Louisiana law that opponents say would close most of the state’s abortion clinics and leave it with only one doctor eligible to perform the procedure.
