The Elon Musk-Mark Zuckerberg rivalry, entertaining as it is, dances around a crucial question: How do we reign in extremism on social media?  If it can’t be done without offending the First Amendment, how do we bracket and tag misinformation so that people are at least aware that they are being manipulated, not informed?

In 1896, the Supreme Court issued one of the most shameful decisions in US history, Plessy vs. Ferguson. Plessy upheld “separate but equal” public accommodations, barring recently freed black people from “white” accommodations including train cars, lodging, and schools, and justified the murderous scourge of Jim Crow laws.

Our train is going so fast that some gay and straight people are having trouble getting on. We can speed by without care, or we can slow down a bit to help them join us.

During the month of June, our nation celebrates LGBTQ Pride Month. This celebration of diversity has its roots in the Stonewall riots of 1969.