Texas passed a law allowing parents to give their children reasonable independence outdoors.

The article does not make it clear whether the law also includes allowing children to be home alone. It would be logical if it did, but can anyone find out and tell me?

China has been suppressing Tibetan culture for so long that, soon, little will be left.

We should not forget that many imperialist countries have suppressed the culture of colonized peoples. The US did, Canada did, and so did some European countries to their minorities. Nowadays, these countries no longer have such policies, while China does.

*Charles Koch funded eviction push while investing in real estate companies.*

Taiwan says that China is using disinformation to undermine Taiwanese cohesion in responding to Covid-19. Taiwan asked everyone to stay home this weekend so as to break the chain of transmission.

Bolsonaro wanted to achieve herd immunity by having most Brazilians catch Covid-19, rather than by vaccinating most Brazilians.

The article errs by using the term "herd immunity" only for the first option. Both recovery from an infection and vaccination convey the same sort of immunity; a sufficiently large fraction with immunity from whatever cause results in herd immunity.

Where they differ is that catching Covid-19 can result in death, or in lasting disability (perhaps permanent) in a few percent of the infected people. Vaccination does not do this.

Out of 200 million Brazilians, letting the disease run rampant may imply a few million dead and a few million disabled on the path to herd immunity.

This is why it makes sense to use various methods to reduce the fraction of people that ever catch Covid-19.