The Putin forces are holding on to some strongpoints close enough to Kharkiv to bombard the outskirts of the city from them.

In substance, culture wars are a distraction. But that doesn't mean they are unimportant. This distraction can be deadly, by enabling right-wing extremists to control who has power on questions that do matter.

Various Arab governments (hostile to Iran) have lobbied very hard to block a new non-nuclear deal.

US citizens: call on the Senate to ratify the Kigali amendment, which would create a treaty requirement to st production of hydrofluorocarbons, which are very powerful greenhouse gases.

US citizens: support the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed new rule to require public corporations to publish their climate-related financial risk.