Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]
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Trump wants 10-fold increase in Atom Bombs but is after Iran, which has none
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As far as I can figure, the US presently has about 6,800 nuclear warheads, though it […]
Corporations Shouldn’t Get to Have ‘Religious’ Objections to Your Health Care
First corporations were people, then they could donate anonymously to political campaigns, now they control your private parts
Yemen Cholera cases heading to 1 Mn. amid Saudi-led War
History can Tell us about the Disease, but the Conflict is Responsible
Rohingya Refugee Women Bring Stories of Unspeakable Violence
Buddhist persecution of Muslim Burmese Continues
As Trump & Pruitt unleash Climate Demons, Scientists dream of Atlantic Wind Farm
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The debate over whether Donald Trump or Rex Tillerson has the higher IQ, provoked by a […]
Detroit’s Eminem raps against Trump, defends Muslims
Marshall “Eminem” Mathers | BETNetwork | (Music Video) | – – “Eminem is back! And he’s in classic bar-for-bar form blasting at Donald Trump from […]
How “ghost soldiers” could frustrate Trump’s plans for Afghanistan
The endemic problem of corruption may prove a stumbling block on the long road to stability
Turkish Gov’t Railroading Amnesty Int’l Workers in Kafkaesque Trial
By Benjamin Ward | (Human Rights Watch) | – – Jailed Human Rights Defenders Could Face up to 15 Years in Prison If it were […]
Can Coffee survive Climate Change?
Sylvain Charlebois | (The Conversation) | – – Fall is always a good time to create new habits, and coffee chains know it. These days, […]