Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]
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20,000 Civilians Trapped in besieged ISIL capital: “The Worst Place on Earth”
By Roshni Majumdar | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS, Aug 28 2017 (IPS) – The battle to reclaim Raqqa, the de facto […]
US Prepares for More Airstrikes in Afghanistan
TeleSur | – – The number of U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan has already dramatically spiked since Trump took office in January. Fighter pilots at the […]
Is Israel’s Netanyahu preparing for War on Iranian Special Ops in Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu filled the ear of visiting UN secretary general Antonio Guterres with […]
Remember GOP in Texas opposing Aid for NY after Sandy? Now they want Aid
By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – Ted Cruz, who voted against a relief package for states impacted by Hurricane Sandy, […]
White Supremacists Joked About Using Cars to Run Over Opponents Before Charlottesville
By George Joseph | ProPublica | – – Nearly a month before a car driven by an alleged neo-Nazi plowed into counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, […]
The worst flooding disaster in Recorded US history?
The Watchers | – – Category 4 Hurricane "Harvey" made landfall around 03:00 UTC on Saturday, August 26, at Rockport, Texas with winds of 215 […]
Top 5 ways Man-made Climate Change made Hurricane Harvey much Worse
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The images from Houston and its environs are heart-breaking and we at IC wish all those […]
Was Hate’s Reach into US Public Extended by Internet?
James E. Hawdon | (The Conversation) | – – Extremism has always been with us, but the internet has allowed ideas that advocate hate and […]
Barcelona: Nearly 500K march for Peace, against Islamophobia
TeleSur | – – Marchers, on Saturday, displayed signs and banners with various slogans. Some read, “No to Islamophobia,” “The best response: Peace,” and “I’m […]