Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel and Iran continued to trade airstrikes on each other on Saturday. Israel struck the Iranian Ministry of Defense, petroleum […]
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Gaza: Managing the Disaster isn’t Enough; not one of 11,000 buildings repaired
By Charlie Hoyle | (Inter Press Service) | – – The rubble of twisted concrete and metal bakes in the hot Mediterranean sun of a […]
California at the Cutting Edge of our new Mega-Drought Normal
By William deBuys | ( Tomdispatch.com) – – Long ago, I lived in a cheap flat in San Francisco and worked as the lone straight […]
Is Wind Energy taking over the Planet and Saving it?
By Nicole Jewell | (Fix.com) | – – Renewable energy has come a long way in a relatively short time. But there are still many […]
Is Syria doomed to become Sunni version of Theocratic Iran?
By Hakim Khatib | ( Your Middle East ) – – War in Syria The Syrian upheaval has, increasingly, been fixed in a religious framework […]
New Poll: only 1 in 4 in US want more American involvement abroad; Cuba & Iran lower on List
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – – A new NORC/ AP poll, done before the Iran deal was announced by President Obama, shows how […]
Israeli troops Suppress Demo for Hunger-Striker Allan, in Coma
By Saed Bannoura – (IMEMC News) Dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, Saturday, after Israeli soldiers assaulted hundreds of residents marching […]
ISIL: What nonviolent steps could the US take to defeat it?
By Adil E. Shamoo | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – There may be a responsible way to fight the Islamic State, but the […]
New Proof: AT&T and NSA’s Long Surveillance Partnership shredded 4th Amendment
By Mark Rumold | ( Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – Reports today in the New York Times and ProPublica confirm what EFF’s Jewel v. […]
Is al-Zawahiri’s oath to Taliban a sign al-Qaeda is finished? Will ISIL step In?
By Joanna Paraszczuk | ( RFE/ RL ) – – After almost a year of silence, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has released an audio message […]