Universities must stop presuming that all students are tech-savvy

Myanmar’s Protesting Workers Are Unbowed

China : Xinjiang :: India : Kashmir

The bankruptcy rate of those who stormed the capital building was nearly twice as high as that of the American public

Places with BLM protests experience a 15% to 20% decrease in police homicides over the ensuing five years

Rihanna Is Right About the Importance of India’s Massive Farmer Protests (decent intro if you haven’t been following)

Taoyuan hospital crisis over, CECC says

The best overview I’ve found so far regarding the possible reasons for a coup in Myanmar

‘Bingeing free expression’: popularity of Clubhouse app soars in China (UPDATE: It has already been blocked in China.)

Anthropologist detained, beaten, forcibly disappeared in Egypt

Free speech under threat as India clamps down on farmer protests

How the Long Persecution of the Rhineland Jews Shaped Karl Marx

You may find some of the details in this story distressing.

I was going to write a review of A Sun 陽光普照, but don’t have anything to add to what Brian wrote

GameStop madness isn’t David vs Goliath. It’s Goliath vs. Goliath, with David as a fig leaf

With flags on India’s Red Fort, farmers challenge Modi and protest movement unity

Taiwan to put 5,000 into quarantine over hospital COVID-19 cluster

The average age of Lakota and Dakota speakers is 70. We are running out of time to save them.

Kids Highly Likely to Transmit COVID to Others

Step taken toward expanding support for international same-sex marriages in Taiwan

A look at all of Biden’s changes to energy and environmental regulations

Why Taiwan needs to reform its laws concerning LGBTQ family planning

Thomas Burnham, The Analogy Between the Cultural Revolution and “Cancel Culture:” A Historical Perspective

if the minimum wage had risen in step with productivity since 1968 it would be over $24 an hour,

Why some surnames are disappearing in China