The United States Department of Agriculture has approved the first-ever vaccine for honeybees to protect the insects from American foulbrood disease, a fatal bacterial disease that can destroy entire honeybee colonies. What do you think?
Educational programs are crucial to the rehabilitation of incarcerated people. Studies have shown pursing an education in prison drops recidivism rates by 43 percent. For every dollar spent on prison education, give dollars is saved on costs of reincarceration. These programs have been shuttered across the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic. CBSN Bay Area's Emily Turner spoke with Shaheen Pasha of the Prison Journalism Project, Jody Lewen, president of Mt. Tamalpais and Marcus Blevins, who is seeking a graduate degree after a 25 year sentence, about the importance of education in prison.
Vaccine for COVID arrives. We still need one for American democracy, at warp speed
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It seemed the last straw might have been
should have been when Attorney General Bill Barr declared two weeks ago there was no evidence of widespread fraud that could change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. But noooo, no matter that Barr had diminished his reputation in service to White House whims. President Trump would have none of it, continuing to rail on Twitter about a rigged election. Then the Electoral College verified President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, the signal that at least some of Trump’s sycophants had claimed would be the final word. It