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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Amid Massive Natural Disaster, Turkey’s Erdogan Wields Censorship and Prepares for Dicey Polls
Written byCivic Media Observatory This story is part of Undertones, Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory‘s newsletter. It features a summary of a year-long research on […]
Is the new AP African American Studies course Dangerous? Students don’t think so
Naseem Rakha Maurice Cowley is teaching college-level African American Studies at McDaniel High School. ( Oregon Capital Chronicle ) – Three days after […]
Jimmy Carter’s Greatest Triumph: Guinea Worm on Verge of Extinction, with only 13 Cases in 2022
Former President Jimmy Carter’s family has announced that he is undergoing hospice care at home, a sign of his imminent passing. In his honor, I […]
Ukraine war has exposed the Folly – and unintended Consequences – of ‘Armed Missionaries’
By Ronald Suny, University of Michigan | – ( The Conversation) – The evening before Russia invaded Ukraine, it seemed to many observers – me […]
Saudi-owned LIV Golf “Sportswashes” Rights Abuses
By Leila Saad, Research Assistant | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is attempting to “sportswash” the country’s egregious […]
You can’t be for Liberty if you’re for banning Books
By Bill Tubbs | – ( Iowa Capital Dispatch) – Two years ago in my column in the North Scott Press, I introduced “Signs that […]
Israeli Delegate Expelled from African Union Summit, in what may be First Global South Reaction to new Extremist Netanyahu Government
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday at the opening of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Israeli delegate was asked to […]
Turkish President Erdoğan’s grip on Power threatened by devastating Earthquake
By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University | – The earthquake that struck Turkey on Feb. 6, 2023, is first and foremost a human […]
‘Radical Change Will Come’: Iranians Propose New Political System After Months Of Anti-Regime Protests
( RFE/ RL) – For months, antiestablishment protesters have called for the overthrow of Iran’s clerical regime and demanded greater social and political freedoms. Now, […]
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