Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Al Jazeera bureau chief in Tehran, Abdul Qader Fayez, reports from “informed sources” in Tehran that Iran’s clerical Leader, […]
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Sudan Conflict: Why a Humanitarian Truce is Proving so hard to Secure – and What that means for People on the Ground
By Nonhlanhla Dube, Lancaster University | – Reports out of Sudan of continuing violence suggest that the seven-day ceasefire organised during talks in Jeddah – […]
Torture, American Style; and the Cover-UP
( Tomdispatch.com ) – In the Blindman’s Buff variation of tag, a child designated as “It” is tasked with tapping another child while wearing a blindfold. […]
Global Heating could make it too Hot for a Third of Humanity by 2080 – 2100
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A lot of studies have focused on the economic cost of global heating, caused by humans burning fossil fuels. A […]
Confronting Energy Poverty among Palestinians in Israeli-Besieged Gaza
by Asmaa Abu Mezied ( Al-Shabaka ) – Palestinians in Gaza are suffering from a worsening energy crisis due to the Israeli regime’s ongoing siege. As […]
The 3.6 mn. Syrian Refugees in Turkiye now a Political Football between the Two Leading Candidates
Gilbert Achkar ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Turkish election scene is truly disgusting, a scene in which the Syrian refugees have become a […]
The Market Won’t Save Us: How to Rapidly Reduce Deadly Fossil Fuel Use
( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The burning of fossil fuels—oil, coal, natural gas—is responsible for nearly 90 percent of global carbon emissions. Despite […]
The Limits of Saudi Normalization with Israel
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration is devoting what energy the State Department has aside from the effort to defend Ukraine to achieving […]
75 Years Later, Israel Blocking Palestinian Refugees’ Return
Omar Shakir Israel and Palestine Director, Middle East and North Africa Division @OmarSShakir From the morgues of Cairo to the cells of Guantanamo, I’ve […]
More than two dozen Cities and States are suing Big Oil over Climate Change – they just got a Boost from the US Supreme Court
By Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law & Graduate School and John Dernbach, Widener University | – Honolulu has lost more than 5 miles of its famous […]
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