Juan Cole is interviewed by Myriam Sabbaghi of the National Iranian American Council: “We are living in an era of plague, economic depression, and civil […]
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Gulf Arab Women were Finally making Progress, but will the Covid-19 Crash and Austerity set them Back?
By Humaira Hansrod | – Citizens of Saudi Arabia are having to get used to something that has long been an unpleasant fact of life […]
Coal and Covid: Trump Facilitates both in a backward US as Europe makes strides against Both
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The US management of the Covid-19 crisis has been horrible compared to Europe, as the famous chart makes clear. I […]
Maskless in the Red Death: The Pathology of Trump’s Racism is turning our Pandemic into Negligent Genocide
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – As Donald Trump sits idly by, the nation is experiencing both a catastrophic public health collapse that has brought […]
Amid the Covid-19 Recession, you can’t Afford the Bloated Pentagon Budget but Corporations Can
Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Imagine that as a member of Congress you are a strong advocate of urban public transit facilities. […]
Islam’s anti-racist message from the 7th century still resonates today
By Asma Afsaruddin | – One day, in Mecca, the Prophet Muhammad dropped a bombshell on his followers: He told them that all people are […]
Was February ’20 Peak Oil Demand? Petroleum might never Recover From Covid-19 and EVs
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Julien Mieville at AFP asks the big question: Has global demand for petroleum peaked? The meme of “peak oil” once […]
As ‘annexation’ looms, let’s expand our compassion to include Palestinians
By David Hart | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – For decades, Israel has used talk of peace as a cover for expansion of an […]
Over Half of Germany’s Power Use in 1st Half of 2020 was from Wind and Solar, as Coal Sank
By Julian Wettengel | – Renewables covered more than half of Germany’s power consumption in the first six months of 2020, according to a first […]
How racism in US health system hinders care and costs lives of African Americans
By Tamika C.B. Zapolski | – As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the U.S., the virus hit African Americans disproportionately hard. African Americans are still […]
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