DAGR Weekly Reader W1-OCT
The Polio Vaccine Was a Miracle—and We Must Not Forget It
A personal memoir recalls the days before the Salk and Savin vaccines for ‘infantile paralysis.’”As a polio survivor, I am a dinosaur today. My great hope is that our country’s living memory of the disease ends with my generation.” The author also tells the long history of the fight to eliminate the disease. It was a scourge. Now RFK Jr. seems to want to bring it back.
Shelley Fraser Mickle, The Bulwark, Oct 2, 2025
Deaths Inside US Prisons: Research
A reporter took note and, on looking into it, found others who were, too. They also looked at some prison practices that could help reduce the number.
Peter O'Dowd, Here & Now senior editor, NPR, Oct 5, 2025
An Open Letter Rejecting Presidential Attacks on Nonprofit Organizations
This is a short, one-page letter. It pulls no punches about the intent of Trump’s threats against NGO’s and why those are unacceptable in a free society. The read gets longer if you stay around to scan down the list of over 3,700 signatories to the letter. Something to be proud of!
Oct 7, 2025