*House Dems Propose Lifting 'Cruel' Ban on Former Drug Felons Receiving Food and Cash Aid.*

It is harmful for society overall if people who have been convicted of crimes are thereafter excluded from survival without crime.

*Slashing Methane Emissions Must Play Larger Role in Fighting Climate Crisis, UN Says.*

The climate-striking students in the UK call for a boycott of an exhibit about the climate in the Science Museum, sponsored by Shell.

Oil companies have used their money in clever and subtle ways to deny, then downplay, then delay action to reduce fossil fuel use. We should not trust them to have influence in education about the climate.

* A coronavirus “vaccination persuasion” initiative targeting elderly people who have declined invitations to get vaccinated is gearing up to be rolled out across Turkey.*

* Human Rights Watch calls on international criminal court to investigate ‘systematic discrimination’ against Palestinians* in Palestinian territory and in Israel.