Nicaragua has arrested journalists as well as political candidates; a famous Nicaraguan journalists has fled the country after his home was raided.

When the US prosecutes journalists such as Julian Assange, it lends support to other countries that do so. Including Nicaragua and China. The US should stand up for freedom of the press, including the freedom to investigate government wrongdoing.

*Teamsters plan sweeping effort to unionize Amazon workers.*

Bravo!

The US Interior Department will hold an investigation of the boarding schools that decades ago it forced indigenous children to attend.

Republicans blocked the For the People Act with a filibuster, as expected. Now the really hard fight begins, to convince all Democrats in the Senate to vote to eliminate or weaken the filibuster so that this and other crucial laws can be passed.

A proposed EU directive for cutting the carbon emissions of shipping would permit use of liquified natural gas as a bridge to nowhere. Compared with the current fuel (heavy fuel oil), it might not reduce emissions at all.

Cutting emissions will cost a lot of money, but the alternative is global disaster, so we need to spend it. Permitting "flexibility" to avoid this is self-defeating.