More than 2m adults in the UK went a day without food recently because of lack of money.

That is 3% of the whole population, and it doesn't include minors that can't afford to eat every day.

*The west can cut its energy dependency on Russia and be greener.* Just avoid taking suggestions from fossil fuel interests.

Israel decided to build 4,000 more housing units for colonists in Palestine's territory.

Poverty has exploded in Brazil — and so has homelessness. Lula rebuked the governor for not caring.

A 31-year-old Canadian has applied for government help in suicide because living with multiple disabilities and chemical sensitivities, with inadequate welfare benefits, is unbearable.

I respect her decision to choose death rather than a horrible life. The state should not force her to stay alive in suffering and fear.

However, it is unconscionable that the state won't provide a place she can live safely.

The war on the poor takes many forms. This is an unusual extreme — but the victims of the less extreme forms number millions.