Sumatran rhinos are likely to become extinct unless urgent action is taken.

Neoliberalism, putting everyone into harsh competition, is also making people suffer from loneliness that can kill. Meanwhile, replacing direct communication with digital communication adds to the problem.

18% of Muslim "violent extremists" in the US cited anger at US military interventions in Muslim countries as a reason. It was the most common single reason cited.

I expect the number of jihadis motivated by this in other countries is in the thousands or tens of thousands.

Some of these interventions initially had a justification, but it has evaporated. Some of them never had any justification. Either way, we need to stop these wars, for our self interest as well as in the name of justice.

A Nice-style truck attack in Reno was apparently an act of terrorism. Fortunately, this time, no one was killed.

Strange that the word "terrorism" is not being used. In the US, right-wing terrorists are as big a danger as Islamist terrorists, though neither one is large as dangers go.

"Official" US news misrepresents the situation in Syria.