USA 19 households (of 190 million) now own 14% of the country's wealth.

Once more: Dr Hussam Abu Safiya instagram.com/reel/DZfmWvajS…

Someone is getting very rich from Venezuelan oil, and it's not the country's ordinary citizens.... cfr.org/articles/the-u-s-too…

Today is the international Day Against Child Labour. One big win in this fight would be to ensure that every child is entitled to one healthy school meal daily. hhrjournal.org/2025/03/02/le…

They have staked their claims. The model of Hansen et al. postulates higher climate sensitivity to CO2 & higher aerosol cooling than IPPC. If they are right, 2026 will overtake 2024 to be the hottest year on record...& those living after us will get fried. jimehansen.substack.com/p/ye…

Now in solitary confinement, sick, tortured: Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, children's doctor & hospital director, who refused to abandon his patients. Never charged with any wrongdoing. Set him free. commondreams.org/news/abu-sa…

Reminiscent of the Hilary Clinton trades in the commodity markets - "legalizing" payments to politicians and their families.

Global financing of fossil fuel projects is up 8% year-over-year to $906 bn. Having abandoned their climate commitments, North American banks are in the lead with J.P.Morgan providing $58 bn, closely followed by Bank of America and Citibank. ft.com/content/67029f37-3b60…

59 years ago today, Israel attacked the USS Liberty in international waters. 34 crew members were killed and 174 were wounded by the IDF. Today, I spoke on the House floor to honor the fallen and to recognize the survivors who were present in the gallery.

Crazy that this is getting barely any coverage. This year’s European Press Prize was just awarded to an investigative report by the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. It is entitled “What the Wounds Tell” and in it the journalists Maud Effting and Willem Feenstra document the cases of 114 children in Gaza under the age of 15 who were struck by a single bullet to the head or chest. Almost all of them died or were left severely disabled. They chose to document only the cases of boys and girls under the age of 15 (though often much younger: aged 3, 4 or 7) because these are children who can be immediately identified as such. “A single bullet in these parts of the body is a clear indication that these children were deliberately targeted“, the two journalists write. This is the article: volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2…

White phosphorus over Lebanon. nytimes.com/2026/06/06/world…

The slow death of another brave journalist. washingtonpost.com/business/…

A serious warning from experts. aljazeera.com/economy/2026/6…

With sufficient state subsidies it is possible to keep coal - & the associated heavy pollution - going despite much cheaper renewable alternative power sources. apnews.com/article/trump-coa…

The Trump Administration is re-enabling tax abuse by US multinational corporations. NY Times:

Police pressured a 12-year old to make a false statement. A jury convicted the black suspect, and he spent 39 years before being exonerated thanks to the heroic work of the Ohio Innocence Project. smithsonianmag.com/history/y…

You think the government will keep your tab water safe? cnn.com/2026/05/18/health/tr…

Behind a paywall.... zeteo.com/p/11-harrowing-vid…

Yet again, Nicholas Kristof brings an important moral issue to the fore. nytimes.com/2026/05/30/opini…

Some governments are sending a lot of money on special ops. Here are two examples: reuters.com/investigates/spe… youtube.com/shorts/Yd6rZ0htO… Always judge with care!