*US to hold surprise plant inspections targeting [air] pollution in Louisiana's Cancer Alley.*

San Jose, California, passed a law to require gun owners to carry liability insurance.

The big question is whether the Supreme Court will rule that this conflicts with the Second Amendment.

A call for athletes to boycott the Olympics in China in solidarity with the Uyghurs that China is imprisoning and brainwashing.

It is not easy to convince thousands of athletes to stay away from the most important contest of their lives. The best chance of success is if groups of athletes make the decision together.

A new Covid-19 variant, named BA.2, is spreading fast in several countries.

In its basic behavior, it resembles Omicron: it spreads fast and its symptoms tend to be mild.

US thugs killed 1,134 people (or more) in 2021.

In 2020, they killed 1,021. Reportedly a disproportionate share of the increase was due to more killing of blacks.