*The Guardian view on Bangladesh's phoney election: a bad day for democracy.*

A report on the tax systems of the 50 US states presents how most of them tax the poor more heavily than the rich — but some are much worse than others.

US citizens: phone your Congresscritter and say to fully fund the WIC supplemental nutrition program (for young children and their mothers).

If you phone, please spread the word! Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121

Global heating of the ocean is wiping out cod, from south to north.

The only way to avoid this is (1) if cod adapt to reproduce at a higher temperature or (2) we keep the Atlantic Ocean cool.

*Hong Kong to restructure primary education to make it more "patriotic."*

(satire) Since Florida governor DeMentis can't run for governor again thus year and probably won't be a candidate for president, maybe he will seek a post in Hong Kong's education redesign, which (aside from superficial details) has a lot in common with his philosophy of education.