Patrick Braxton, a black man, was elected mayor of a small town in Alabama. The white men who used to be the town government used a series of mockeries of government procedure to deny that he had been elected.

Biden should do what Lyndon Johnson did: send the national guard to put a stop to this. Or perhaps federal marshalls would be sufficient.

US citizens: support the People's Response Act.

This plan, to send people with medically-oriented training rather than training in arresting criminals to help people who are flipping out, is — in substance — what was advocated under the misleading term "defund the police".

A Chinese dissident escaped to South Korea by jetski.

I am curious about the escaper's reported name, Kwon Pyong, since that does not fit Chinese pinyin orthography. It would make sense as Korean.

A study of many scientific articles found that combinations of non-medical measures — typically mask requirements, distancing, and limitations on gathering — were effective for slowing the spread of Covid-19 and saving lives.

In the future we should make sure to be ready to call for use of high-quality masks, such as N95, which protect uninfected wearers as well as blocking the spread from coughs and sneezes.

A project is developing strict rules which banks can adhere to in order to ensure that their operations are committed to ending global heating.