We Finally Know Why Some People Got COVID While Others Didn’t

Marko Nikolic and Kaylee Worlock The Conversation
In our "challenge study," one gene produced much more of a specific protein in volunteers who did not develop a sustained COVID infection. This finding has significant implications for future treatments and for vaccine development.

Turn a Historic Tory Defeat Into a Change of Course for Britain

Morning Star Editorial Board Morning Star
The left needs to put pressure on this government from day one, to ensure commitments to abolish anti-union laws and boost workers’ rights are kept, and to break with Tory spending rules that will hobble attempts to solve urgent social crises.

How To Stop Fascism

Timothy Snyder Thinking About ...
Those who wish to preserve the American constitutional republic should also recall the past.  A good start would be just to recall the five basic political lessons of 1933. Recalling history, we act for a future that can and will be much better.

Why Humans Are Vanishing

All around the world birth rates are crashing – Is humanity dying out? What is going on and how bad is it?

The Legacy of Slavery in America

Freedom Monument Sculpture Park and the National Monument to Freedom honor all those who were enslaved in the U.S. and their descendants alive today

Trump’s Second Term | John Oliver

John Oliver discusses Donald Trump’s plans for a second term, why it could be much worse than his first term, and what Trump has in common with a hamster

How to Replace Biden

Longtime Democratic National Committee member Jim Zogby proposes a process by which to pick a new nominee