Act Three

Salesman Jason Mascia has the most sales of anyone this month, as usual.

The last day of the month continues and the truism is accurate: some people get great deals because it’s the end of the month and they have to hit their goal.

The next-to-last day of the month.

One of the last independent newspapers in Russia finds new ways to cover a war that the government doesn’t want them to cover.

Back in 1999 there was series of bombings of apartment buildings in Moscow and across Russia. 300 people died.

A week after starting classes, a Covid outbreak forces a university to send students back home.