The Pakistani army demonstrated its political power by shutting down a TV station and making it agree to censorship. The other media are already censoring themselves.

Egypt has put the Sinai peninsula under curfew all the time for weeks. People can't get gasoline, electricity, food, or water.

The cause of this is an anti-guerrilla operation against violent Islamists. It is hard to say which are worse, the violent Islamists of Egypt or the military rulers of Egypt.

Nicaragua has backed off from cuts in support for poor and retired people, which sparked riots.

It looks like the former Socialists are obeying business, now. Nicaragua, like other countries, needs to break their power at all costs.

Finland has cut short its test of a partial universal basic income, apparently on ideological grounds. It is too soon to draw conclusions from the test itself.

As of 2018, 1/3 of Amazon employees in Arizona get food stamps, their pay is so low. In some other states, it's only 1/9 that get food stamps.

Amazon's office workers are better paid but they have to work 80 hours a week. That's even more time than I spend volunteering!