Sea level rise, caused by human-controlled greenhouse gas emissions is destroying Tuvalu's land area. The country will be gone well before the end of this century.

What we don't know is whether other countries, that won't mostly be inundated by the sea, will survive the other global consequences of our way of life.

*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.