Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]
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If you Prick us, do We not Bleed? – Shakespeare in Gaza
(Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Is there a scale that can measure the value of 7,000 dead Palestinian children vs. 1200 dead Israelis? What […]
Hamtramck, Michigan, City Council Votes to rename Street in Support of Palestine
By: Layla McMurtrie – ( Michigan Advance ) – As a symbolic gesture and demonstration of solidarity with the people in Gaza, Hamtramck’s all-Muslim City […]
2023’s extreme Storms, Heat and Wildfires broke Records, and Burning Fossil Fuels Played a big Part
By Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton | – The year 2023 was marked by extraordinary heat, wildfires and weather disasters. In the U.S., an unprecedented […]
How Big Oil is Taking us for a Fossil-Fuelized Ride: With the World the Hottest in 125,000 Years, we’re being Gaslighted
Here is my latest column for The Nation Institute’s must-read Tomdispatch.com site. Make sure to check out the original for legendary journalist Tom Engelhardt’s fantastic […]
Why the 14th Amendment Really does Bar Trump from Office
By Mark A. Graber, University of Maryland | – (The Conversation) – In 2024, former President Donald Trump will face some of his greatest challenges: […]
Who Killed the Two-State Solution? Israel!
By Nasim Ahmed ( Middle East Monitor ) – “Why are you obsessed with a two-state solution?” said Tzipi Hotovely, the Israeli ambassador to the […]
Bloodbath: Israel’s War on Gaza’s Hospitals and their Patients
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Back in mid-October, a controversy broke out about a blast on the grounds of the al-Ahli Arab (Baptist) Hospital in […]
Israel: Starvation Used as a Weapon of War in Gaza
The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the Gaza Strip, which is a war crime. Israeli officials have […]
The Empire of Whiteness: Race in the European Perspective
Review of Hans Kundnani, Eurowhiteness: Culture, Empire and Race in the European Project. London: Hurst & Co., 2023. Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]
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