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The French showed us how to Fight SCOTUS’s Immunization of Trump for 2nd-Term Despotism
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The MAGA Supreme Court created a lawless presidency with their opinion on Trump immunity last week. In doing […]
How Israeli PM Netanyahu relies on normalizing Genocide
( Middle East Monitor ) – The UN has been stating that nowhere is safe in Gaza. Palestinians have been crying out the same, prior […]
Water Shortage: Was Iran’s late President Raisi a Martyr to Climate Change?
By Tarique Niazi | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died on May 19 while returning from a ceremony […]
Can Iran’s New Reformist President Deliver?
Newark, Delaware (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Elections in Iran have predictable outcomes. The men picked by the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, engage in […]
Do-it-Yourself Divestment: Bringing Anti-Gaza War Activism Home
Yes, schools and other institutions should divest from companies involved in war crimes or fueling the climate crisis. But individuals can also divest. Here’s how. […]
Climate Crisis sees rise in illegal Water Markets in the Middle East
By Christian Klassert, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ and Samer Talozi, Jordan University for Science and Technology | – (The Conversation) – In Jordan’s cities, […]
Israeli Campaign against Gaza may Kill 186,000 or More — 8% of Population: The Lancet
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rasha Khatib, Martin McKee and Salim Yusuf, The Lancet calculate that 186,000 or more people may be killed* by the […]
Sudan is now Confronting its most severe Food Security Crisis on Record
By Rob Vos, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Khalid Siddig, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) | – (The Conversation) – After 14 […]
War and Famine: America’s War on Terror and the Wasting of our Democracy
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Many war stories end with hunger wreaking havoc on significant portions of a population. In Christian theology, the Biblical “four horses […]
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