Facing the explicit and implicit social clubs of the well-off students, British students from working-class families, who went to state schools, have founded their own 93% Clubs to socialize, and to organize.

I hope in their organizing they look beyond the goal of "social mobility." Increased social mobility means that a larger fraction of those starting poor will achieve a comfortable level of income. That's good, but it would not end poverty. A real solution would give everyone in society, even the poorest, a comfortable life.

*Spring break could be a perfect storm for spreading coronavirus variants. Don't let that happen.*

Republican officials in Texas found far-fetched reasons why it would be wrong to reduce the impossible charges for gas or electricity during the big storm.

Look for instance at the claim that people trying to cope with various urgent problems caused by the storm should have looked at the high prices and used no energy.

The War on Drugs has perverted many aspects of life in the US. *There are serious consequences for drug use in nearly every sector of civil life — education, employment, housing, child welfare, immigration, and public benefits.*

You could say that the US is addicted to drug punishment.

In the State of Washington, until recently, you could be convicted for possessing drugs which you did not know were inside something that had been given to you.

Is the governor of Texas prematurely dropping mask requirements just to please business interests?

I don't think it's only that. I think this is suppression of nonwhite (and probably Democratic) voters who are more likely to die.

I suspect also that it is partly that the refusal to protect oneself or others from the disease is an act of bravado that can inspire fools to join in.