Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The reports of the past few days are extremely worrying. The acrimonious and open split between President Donald […]
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Top 4 myths about Electric Cars & why they should not Discourage You
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – China produced 680,000 electric vehicles last year, as much as the rest of the world combined. […]
What is Missing in our Sunni-Shi’a Conflict Narrative?
Ali R. Abootalebi | (Informed Comment) | – – The Sunni-Shi’a schism provides for different narrative and prescriptions for arriving at the ‘utopian Islamic society’ […]
Our High Schoolers as Assault Weapon Guinea Pigs
By Belle Chesler | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – “It was no surprise to anyone who knew him to hear that he was the shooter.” […]
5 things we Know about People who live Longest, and their Communities
By Megan Wildhood | ( Yes! Magazine | – – How communities are using longevity research to ensure everyone has a long, healthy life. The […]
How Maine climate activists found their power potential by moving past one-off protests
By George Lakey | ( Waging Nonviolence | – – Rob Levin, a Quaker attorney in Portland, Maine, has been concerned about the growing climate […]
Syria’s war at home is giving way to dangerous proxy conflicts
By Moritz Pieper | (The Conversation) | – – As Syrian government forces crush the country’s largest remaining rebel strongholds and with Bashar al-Assad apparently […]
Tower of Jello: The Struggle of Russia and UAE over Tillerson’s helming of State Department
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The New Yorker reports that there was a further Steele memo, prepared by the same ex-MI6 […]
Ignoring White Supremacists, Trump Smears Immigrants as Terrorists
By Arnold R. Isaacs | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – When you see an immigrant or a foreign visitor, especially from a Muslim country, should […]
Netanyahu & Trump, both under Investigation, Meet on phony ‘Deal of the Century’
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Far right Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet Monday with far right white nationalist president […]