Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the 1820s Greece waged a successful war of independence against an authoritarian king, the Ottoman Emperor Mahmoud II. The […]
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Clarence Thomas Secretly Helped Raise Money for Koch Network, Which has Cases before the Court
By Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski | – ( ProPublica ) – Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ decadeslong friendship with real estate tycoon […]
The Era of Rupert Murdoch, a Blight on our Heating Planet and a Fomenter of War and Racial Hatreds, is Passing
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Australian-American press lord Rupert Murdoch, 92, announced Thursday that he would step down as the CEO of both News Corp […]
Climate Change: Was the freak ‘Medicane’ Storm that devastated Libya a Glimpse of North Africa’s Future?
By Mike Rogerson, Northumbria University, Newcastle; Belkasem Alkaryani, University of Tobruk and Mahjoor Lone, Northumbria University, Newcastle | – Storm Daniel landed on the Libyan […]
Getting old in America is another Lonely Game of Haves and Have-Nots; It doesn’t have to be this Way
(Tomdispatch.com ) – For twelve years starting in 1982, my partner and I in San Francisco joined with two friends in Seattle to produce Lesbian […]
Israeli Export Ban Piled Economic Misery on Palestinians of Gaza, as Youths increase Emigration
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Palestinian authorities are increasingly concerned about what they see as an increase in emigration by young Palestinians from the Gaza […]
Are Green Sustainability and 20th Century-Style ‘Economic Growth’ Compatible? Scientists increasingly Fear Not
Ivan Savin, ESCP Business School and Lewis King, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | – (The Conversation) – When she took to the floor to give […]
Welcome to the new Green Colonialism: One Last Shot at Reducing Global inequality and Saving the Planet
( Tomdispatch.com ) – In a fit of madness or just plain desperation, you’ve enrolled in a get-rich-quick scheme. All you have to do is […]
Libyan Dam Collapse and Flooding that Killed 20,000 was made 50 Times more likely by Climate Change
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The World Weather Attribution site, run by professional European climate scientists, estimated that “An event as extreme as the one […]
Saudi Arabia: Investment Fund Linked to Abuses
Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – The United States should investigate and regulate sovereign wealth funds like Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) that have […]
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