*Warning of 'Environmental Ruin and With It a Human Tragedy,' Report Details Triple Threat to Coral Reefs.*

*Mayfly populations have fallen 50% since 2012.* They are an important food source for other animals, so their populations are falling also. *We Risk Living in an 'Empty World' If Assault on Nature Not Stopped, Warns UN Biodiversity Chief.*

"People's lives depend on biodiversity in ways that are not always apparent or appreciated. Human health ultimately depends on ecosystem services: the availability of fresh water, fuel, food sources."

African gray parrots tend to help other African gray parrots even when they don't expect any direct benefit from doing so.

*If the [US] minimum wage kept pace with productivity growth since 1968 it would be over $24 an hour today.*

Since 1968, it has not even kept up with inflation, let alone productivity growth.

The second article refutes some of the plutocratist arguments claiming this problem is inevitable.

*Addameer Collects Hard Evidence on Torture and Ill-Treatment Committed against Palestinian [prisoners] at Israeli Interrogation Centers.*

The US press has mostly ignored the report that the bully assassinated Soleimani at the request of Republican senators wanting a distraction from his trial.

He could have been lying when he said this. His supporters could have made it up. But it also may be true. Indeed, maybe the senators asked him to do it.