The U.S. Senate has passed the “Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020”. The bill’s purpose is to “condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and outside China”. As part of this bill,…
Senate Passes Bill to Establish 988 as Suicide Hotline Number
May 14, 2020
A new bill passed yesterday by the U.S. Senate will “designate 9–8–8 as the universal telephone number for a national suicide prevention and mental-health crisis hotline”. (If you or someone you know is currently depressed or considering suicide call 1-800-273-8255 now.) A 3-digit phone number, the bill states, will help…
U.S. Deploys $138 Million for COVID-19 Vaccine Preparation
May 13, 2020
The United States, through the Department of Defense and Health and Human Services, is awarding $138 million to ApiJect Systems America “to create a U.S.-based, high-speed supply chain for prefilled syringes” in preparation of holding a COVID-19 vaccine. When a vaccine is developed, “more than 100 million prefilled syringes” will be…
Almost 40% of Households Making Less Than $40,000 a Year Lost Job in March
May 13, 2020
According to the Federal Reserve, “almost 40 percent of those in households making less than $40,000 a year had lost a job in March”. Earlier this morning, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell revealed these numbers in a speech on the economic toll and outlook following the coronavirus. As 33.5 million…