Right-wing politics under the auspices of the Catholic Church is driving young Poles away from Catholicism.

The series of disasters in Puerto Rico — Hurricanes interspersed with Covid-19 — have ruined education, leaving most students years behind their grade.

These disasters have combined with the crushing debt burden exacerbated by the nondemocratic fiscal controls imposed by Congress which are designed to pay the debts at no matter what cost to Puerto Ricans. This is driving people to migrate to various US states where they have somewhat more rights (whatever Republicans do not take away). Education is another motive to migrate. Even in a state with lousy public schools, they are better than Puerto Rico's schools.

The more people migrate, the greater the debt burden per person remaining. Eventually, I expect, this will force everyone to leave, and the land will be sold to corporations.

US citizens: phone your congresscritter and say to increase the estate tax, and stop the use of trusts to bypass that tax. Millionaires' families should not be allowed to accumulate growing fortunes across generations.

Then phone your senators and make the same point. The Capitol Switchboard numbers are +1-202-224-3121, +1-888-818-6641 and +1-888-355-3588.

If you phone, please spread the word!

US citizens: phone your congresscritter and senators and call on them to reject the RESTRICT act, which would allow the US government to ban arbitrarily the accessing of non-US web sites.

I see nothing about TikTok that would excuse its existence, but we should ban sites for disrespecting privacy, not for being under the control of China.

Please do not use the EFF's recommendations. for how to contact your Congressional officials. That method depends on running nonfree software, The only ways of doing that which don't treat you unjustly are (1) phoning and (2) sending snail mail. The Capitol Switchboard numbers are +1-202-224-3121, +1-888-818-6641 and +1-888-355-3588.

If you phone, please spread the word!

The UK fines poor people who receive welfare benefits if they break rules. The aggregate effect is to make it harder for them to find work and push them into jobs with lower pay.