Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such […]
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America’s Red Snow: Hottest Winter on Record, Largest Wildfires in Texas History
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency announced Friday that the winter of 2023-24 was the hottest on record in U.S. […]
Joe Biden’s Gaza Aid Pier isn’t Enough: 6 More Things that Must be Done
By Sarah Schiffling, Hanken School of Economics and Foteini Stavropoulou, Liverpool John Moores University | – (The Conversation) – In his State of the Union […]
Is there a Journalism that doesn’t love a War?
By Nan Levinson ( Tomdispatch.com ) – War, what is it good for? Well, the media for starters. Shortly after the Biden administration responded to the […]
A Tale of two Femicides: Remembering Victims in Iraq and Italy on Int’l Women’s Day
San Marco, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In early February 2023 a 22-year-old Iraqi YouTube star, Tiba Al-Ali was strangled by her father […]
The Fate of Nations depends on Women’s Equality: Int’l Women’s Day
On March 8, 1908, women garment workers marched through New York City’s Lower East Side to protest child labor and sweatshop working conditions and to […]
Growing ‘Despondency’ And Hard-Liners’ Dominance: Key Takeaways From Iran’s Elections
By By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/ RL ) – Iran’s parliamentary elections on March 1 witnessed a historically low turnout, in a blow to the […]
Tempest in a Teapot: British Illusions and American Hegemony from Iraq to Yemen
Review of Tom Stevenson, Someone Else’s Empire: British Illusions and American Hegemony.. London: Verso, 2023. Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Everything is going […]
As Gaza is obliterated, Scholars and Academics need to Speak Up
BY Yasmin Saikia & Chad Haines Nikolas Gannon/Unsplash . Yasmin Saikia and Chad Haines co-direct the Center of Muslim Experience in the U.S. at Arizona […]
Ramadan finds greater Recognition in America’s Public Schools
By Amaarah DeCuir, American University | – Ramadan – the Islamic month of fasting – is expected to begin at sunset on March 10, 2024. […]
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