Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to Asia Society Policy Institute Senior Fellow Lauri Myllyvirta, China installed 93 gigawatts of solar in May, along with […]
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Did United Arab Emirates lobbying instigate Tillerson’s sacking?
Middle East Monitor | – – US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, one week after the BBC obtained emails revealing […]
‘Algorithms of Oppression:’ How Corporations Reinforce Racism and Biases
TeleSur | – – “People think of algorithms as simply a mathematical formulation, but in fact, algorithms are really about automated decisions.” Through the book, […]
Pompeo, Big Oil and the attack on Iran Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – All you need to know about Mike Pompeo, the four-term congressman from Kansas who is actually […]
Turkey says US & Kurds will Leave Manbij or Else, Prepares for Iraq Incursion
Middle East Monitor | – – Turkey and the US will oversee the withdrawal of forces allied to the YPG (People’s Protection Units) from the […]
Renowned Physicist, Social Activist Stephen Hawking Dead at 76
TeleSur | – – In addition to his achievement in science, Hawking was a longstanding activist for numerous social causes. British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking […]
Pushing back against Trump Criminalization of Immigrants
By Aviva Chomsky | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The immigration debate seems to have gone crazy. President Obama’s widely popular Deferred Action for Childhood […]
How Trump is losing in Syria & why Haley is Posturing
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Well, I say Trump is losing, but it isn’t clear that Trump has a policy in […]
European Fascism plots to change American Culture
By Juliette Legendre | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Far more dangerous than the far-right effort to win elections alone is its concerted […]
1/3 of Israelis live in Poverty, especially Palestinians & Ultra-Orthodox
Middle East Monitor | – – Israel has one of the highest poverty rates of any developed country with the gap between the rich and […]