A UN human rights report says that Venezuela's suppression forces have killed almost 7000 people since Jan 2018 for "resisting arrest". This is the government's own figure, so it is clear they were all killed in raids, but it is inconceivable that they all died in that way.

More information about torture discovered by the UN visit.

US farmers are growing a lot of food but making little money. At the same time, they are exhausting and losing the soil and spreading toxins. Here are ideas for how to fix both.

Another cause of the failure of farms is being compelled to sell to a few large middleman companies. Many farms have gone broke recently. The pressure means farmers cannot invest in regenerative agriculture.

Sanders proposes how to restructure agriculture in the US for the sake of farmers.

Situations of high stress cause fetuses to miscarry. The effect is stronger for male fetuses.

I wonder whether in Alabama anyone that imposes stress on a pregnant woman who subsequently has a miscarriage could be prosecuted for homicide.

A study covers 1300 lawsuits against governments and businesses over damage caused by global heating.

OPEC acknowledged that climate defense campaigns including the school strike for climate threaten fossil fuel extraction industry's future profits.

Greta Thunberg called this "our biggest compliment yet".

OPEC calls criticism "unscientific", but that can only mean that the likely fragments of the coming disaster have not been specifically proved. It would be irrational to wait for such detailed proof before protecting ourselves.

Striking students can influence officials even in right-wing parts of the US. They can mobilize their parents, too.