Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between Israel […]
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Iraq’s Teens Drowning in Hopelessness (Arwa Damon)
CNN’s Arwa Damon reports from Baghdad on the sense of hopelessness among even upper-class Iraqi teens today. AFP gives support to Ms. Damon’s findings: a […]
Remembering Rachel Corrie, 10 Years Later
Rachel Corrie’s parents speak out on the tenth anniversary of her killing by the Israeli operator of a military bulldozer, who ran over her as […]
St. Patrick’s Day Explained (ReportingSatire Video)
ReportingSatire explores St. Patrick’s Day:
By the Numbers: US Drone Strikes on Pakistan “Illegal”
The Guardian reports that Ben Emmerson, the UN’s special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, says that the Pakistani government has given no tacit consent […]
Can we Get the Media to Report Climate Change? (Bill Moyers Video)
Bill Moyers interviews a prominent scientist on what can be done to bring climate change back into the media discussion: The blurb: “Encore: Ending the […]
Rising China’s Muslim Problem: What is the Future of the Uygurs? (Alimglu)
JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary interviews MUSA ALIMGLU: This week I asked a China and Xinjiang expert — someone who is familiar with China’s ethnic […]
Pope Francis, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Women’s Equality: Why Must Religion be Patriarchal?
The selection of the new pope was carried out by a conclave of elderly men, and the only candidates were men. The new pope is […]
Why Wasn’t the Higgs Boson Discovered in the US? Neal DeGrasse Tyson explains congressional stupidity
Scientists at a conference in Italy have confirmed the discovery of the Higgs Boson, after further experiments performed at the large hadron collider near Geneva […]
Phoenix, Az.: Climate Change Denial HQ will be First Urban Victim of … Climate Change (deBuys)
William deBuys writes at Tomdispatch.com Of course, it’s an easy city to pick on. The nation’s 13th largest metropolitan area (nudging out Detroit) crams 4.3 […]
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