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from NPR (& affiliates)
Nonprofit Broadcasting & Media Production Company
Yes, Wearing Masks Helps. Here's Why
Mask wearing has become a topic of fierce debate in the United States. People opposed to mask mandates have staged protests, and one local health official in Orange County, Calif., quit her job after receiving a death threat for a mask order. Not long after, California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered Californians to wear face coverings in public. Meanwhile in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott recently allowed some counties to impose mask mandates on businesses, despite an earlier order forbidding penalties on individuals for not wearing masks. While politicians spar over the topic, a growing number of scientific studies support the idea that masks are a critical tool in curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
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from The Seattle TimesYes, Wearing Masks Helps. Here's Why
Mask wearing has become a topic of fierce debate in the United States. People opposed to mask mandates have staged protests, and one local health official in Orange County, Calif., quit her job after receiving a death threat for a mask order. Not long after, California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered Californians to wear face coverings in public. Meanwhile in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott recently allowed some counties to impose mask mandates on businesses, despite an earlier order forbidding penalties on individuals for not wearing masks. While politicians spar over the topic, a growing number of scientific studies support the idea that masks are a critical tool in curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
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LEFT-CENTER, HIGH, Newspaper in Seattle, WA
Nothing captures a small town’s character, soul and past like its museum — but their futures face serious modern-day perils
There are more than 80 small towns or counties (defined as having a population of 40,000 or fewer) in Washington that operate general-interest museums. Much of the historic value of small-town museums is in the photos. Dog-eared. Blurry. Notes scribbled on the back, or sometimes right on the photo. They’ve been mostly digitized in high resolution, uploaded to history websites, and made instantly available to researchers and others worldwide. That means the images can live on forever, but it also translates into less need to visit the museums. That’s the beauty of small-town museums. They’re like shared family albums. Rather than each family storing memories in attics or barns and losing them to time, they bring their collective history to local museums. They are the physical manifestation of a town’s character and soul.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
William D. Hyslop: How to address police reform in Spokane
Our country is engaged in a great national discussion about the role of our police forces. The tragic deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and others have brought this to the forefront like no other time in recent history. Demands for police reform are widespread. City leaders are being asked to defund and reform police departments. How we conduct that discussion will have far reaching impacts upon our communities, and will affect our safety and security for years to come. It is critically important there be no “rush to judgment.” Decisions made must be thoughtful, deliberate, and neither reactive nor ill-conceived. This is not the first time we’ve had this discussion in Spokane. Significant changes in policing have already been made. Spokane is different from some other communities where change is being debated today. Spokane should not be swept up into a national tide of drastic change. Instead, the Spokane Police Department may very well be a national model of how policing should function.
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William D. Hyslop: How to address police reform in Spokane
Our country is engaged in a great national discussion about the role of our police forces. The tragic deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and others have brought this to the forefront like no other time in recent history. Demands for police reform are widespread. City leaders are being asked to defund and reform police departments. How we conduct that discussion will have far reaching impacts upon our communities, and will affect our safety and security for years to come. It is critically important there be no “rush to judgment.” Decisions made must be thoughtful, deliberate, and neither reactive nor ill-conceived. This is not the first time we’ve had this discussion in Spokane. Significant changes in policing have already been made. Spokane is different from some other communities where change is being debated today. Spokane should not be swept up into a national tide of drastic change. Instead, the Spokane Police Department may very well be a national model of how policing should function.
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