Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature)In the summer of 2023, researchers “binge-watched 250 of the most-rated movies” of the past 10 years for climate […]
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Turkey takes Afrin, pulls down Statue Now-Ruz Revolutionary Kaveh
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Tuesday, March 20, is the spring equinox this year. Iranians, Kurds, Central Asians and many in […]
A Prototype Mars Colony in the Middle East: Dubai’s Mushrif Park
Middle East Monitor | – – The United Arab Emirates continues to build the world’s largest space city at a cost of $136 million, Director […]
Australia solved the gun problem. We can too
By Reese Erlich | ( 48Hills.org) | – – A mass shooting created real reform Down Under — and strict gun control has worked. Progressives […]
Jared Kushner: “You’re Fired!”
By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com) Here we are a little more than a year into the Trump presidency and his administration’s body count is […]
Trump, McCabe and our Permanent Constitutional Crisis
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s conviction that being president means never having to say you are sorry, and being able […]
From Dead Spies to Dead Syrian Villagers, Russian Denialism on Chemical Attacks
By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com) | – – Russia’s RT links the Skripal poisoning to British jealousy over hosting of the World Cup There’s […]
Under Pompeo, will Trump Foreign Policy be Even Worse?
By Alastair Sloan | (Middle East Monitor) | – – The appointment of Mike Pompeo as the new US Secretary of State by Donald Trump […]
Facebook Suspends Cambridge Analytica Firm Involved in Trump Campaign
TeleSur | – – The social media company warned it “will take legal action if necessary to hold them responsible and accountable for any unlawful […]
Thousands flee E. Ghouta as Regime Army Advances, Rebels ask for Talks
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Thousands of civilians fled the southern pocket of the East Ghouta suburb of Damascus on Thursday […]