Book Review – Osamah F. Khalil, A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad from Kennedy to Biden. Cambridge (MA) and London: Harvard […]
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Dismantling the Myth that Ancient Slavery “Wasn’t that Bad”
By Chance Bonar, Tufts University | – As someone who researches slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world, especially in the Bible, I often hear remarks […]
Oceans Hit Hottest Average Temperature ever Recorded, endangering Ecosystems on which We Depend
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The world’s oceans hit an average temperature of 20.96°C (69.728°F ) this week, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. […]
‘Knowledge of self’: How a key Phrase from Islam became a Pillar of Hip-Hop
By Su’ad Abdul Khabeer, University of Michigan | – (The Conversation) – I was 9 years old when Eric B. and Rakim’s “Paid in Full” […]
Green Jobs take off in China after Beijing’s Carbon Neutrality Pledge
Jiang Mengnan ( China Dialogue ) – Around the world, tech and finance companies have been laying staff off. In 2022, tech firms’ payrolls fell […]
Russia’s Agricultural Warfare: Bomb and Blockade Strategy Imperils World’s Hungry
( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Saudi Arabia is pissed off at Russia. It’s not as if the Gulf state has released any angry […]
Israeli Extremists Shamefully propose “Puerto Rican” Model for Palestinians
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Yair Wallach in a post at X notes that Jewish Power Party member Amihay Eliyahu proposes that Palestinians be treated […]
How the Prosecutors will Build the case that Trump Knowingly Lied and Intentionally Broke the Law
Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., Harvard University | – What was Donald Trump thinking when he set about trying to maintain the presidency after losing it […]
Biden wants Israel and Saudi Arabia to Normalize, but are Riyadh’s Demands for Nuclearization a Deal Breaker?
Dr Adnan Abu Amer AdnanAbuAmer2 ( Middle East Monitor ) – Despite US efforts to get Saudi Arabia and Israel to normalise their relations, […]
The New Abnormal: Living on an ever More Extreme Planet
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Hey, who knows? It could be the Gulf Stream collapsing or the planet eternally breaking heat records. But whatever the specifics, […]
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