African gray parrots are endangered in the wild because of capturing them for use as pets.

The experience of being captured and caged is terribly traumatic for a wild parrot. Never buy a pet parrot without verifying it was raised by human breeders.

The UK is blocking a UN investigation of war crimes committed by Salafi Arabia in bombarding Yemen.

I am looking for people to help webmasters of various sites (not related to me or GNU) make simple but substantial changes in their web sites — for instance, to use the GNU Project's recommended terminology.

The billionaire founder of Oculus is funding a project to spread irrational insults about Clinton, to support Trump.

I disapprove of Clinton's right-wing views, so I won't vote for her. But this tactic discredits those who do it, demonstrating that Trump is the candidate of the rich bastards without scruples.

"Free trade" cuts poor people's wages but not their cost of living. It tends to reduce the price of manufactured goods, but it doesn't reduce the price of food, and it can make housing more expensive. Poor people spend most of their money on food and housing.