*Destruction of world's pristine rainforests soared in 2022 despite Cop26 pledge.*

High interest rates in the UK have translated into high mortgage interest, which is translating into higher rents, which is likely to make hundreds of thousands of people homeless.

I have a hunch that the Tories' voter-ID cards will stop many of them from voting. My hunch says that those cards have the voter's address, and that those who were forced out of their homes will need to get new cards. If they don't have a stable address, does that mean they can't vote?

How vampire capitalists use debt forgiveness to a poor country as an excuse to squeeze it to death. (From 2012.)

Palast uses the term "vulture", but I think that is misleading. Vultures eat dead animals; as long as animals die, vultures (or something comparable) are necessary. These capitalists, by contrast, drain live countries and their live inhabitants.

I would like to see more recent news about this.

Robert Reich busts the myth that "people are paid what they're worth."

He presents this with illustrations in a short video, which (while the invidious proxies continue to function) can be seen here. (It starts with an annoying use of singular "they", but I recommend it despite that.)

For me, the statement he criticizes shows an even deeper problem: it presumes a narrow, purely economic idea of what a person's value consists of. I've decided not to use locutions that presume a person's "worth" is measured by the economic value of per assets.

Seward County, Nebraska, makes a racket of accusing drivers based on no evidence of being drug traffickers, then threatening to put them in jail, unless they sign away all their cash.

"Drug-sniffing" dogs are often trained to follow the human handler's subtle commands. When the drug is told "find drugs here", it does.

When victims try to contest the seizure, courts are biased heavily against them.

To prevent this, we should make sure that it is (1) impossible to seize money from people for an alleged crime without first convicting them of it, and (2) when money is seized, absolutely none of it is available for the use of thug departments or the entities they are associated with.