In a previous period of "refugee crisis", heroic people risked all to help people reach Britain or the US from a country where they were sure to be oppressed and likely to be killed.

A few Republican senators threatened to shut down the US government if they didn't get their demand: undermining enforcement of federal vaccine mandates.

Missouri's Republican governor asked on Nov 1 for a report on how effective mask mandates have been at preventing Covid-19. The results showed that Missouri cities with mask mandates reduced 25% fewer cases than other areas. So he buried the report.

*Poor countries mustn’t open up [their] economies [to international competition] until they are strong.*

Senator Markey calls for laws to make the Federal Reserve start pressuring banks to stop lending to fossil fuel investments.

We also need to give the Fed a chair who will lead this: not the Republican appointee Powell.