The House of Representatives passed a bill prohibiting discrimination against pregnant workers, and requiring employers to make reasonable accommodations so a pregnant worker can keep working.

There is no chance that the Republicans who control the Senate will agree to this, but passing the bill is useful as political pressure.

The minister in charge of Papua New Guinea's thugs says that they are corrupt from the top down, and that they drive out any honest employees.

*Silence reigns on the US-backed coup against Evo Morales in Bolivia.*

*Wilderness the size of Mexico lost worldwide in just 13 years.*

The CDC published the weak recommendations for who should get a Covid-19 test over the objections of its scientists. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/18/cdc-guidelines-coronavirus-testing-published-despite-objection-scientists