US citizens: support the People's Response Act.

This plan, to send people with medically-oriented training rather than training in arresting criminals to help people who are flipping out, is — in substance — what was advocated under the misleading term "defund the police".

A Chinese dissident escaped to South Korea by jetski.

I am curious about the escaper's reported name, Kwon Pyong, since that does not fit Chinese pinyin orthography. It would make sense as Korean.

A study of many scientific articles found that combinations of non-medical measures — typically mask requirements, distancing, and limitations on gathering — were effective for slowing the spread of Covid-19 and saving lives.

In the future we should make sure to be ready to call for use of high-quality masks, such as N95, which protect uninfected wearers as well as blocking the spread from coughs and sneezes.

A project is developing strict rules which banks can adhere to in order to ensure that their operations are committed to ending global heating.

Georgia Republicans plan to set aside District Attorney Willis, who is prosecuting the insurrectionist, as a way to sabotage the case against him.

This uses a new law that Republicans adopted so as to protect racist killers from prosecution.