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The plastic Crisis has deep corporate Roots: to protect our Planet, they need to be exposed
By Alice Mah, University of Warwick | – This spring, I taught a new undergraduate course in environmental sociology. Most of my students took the […]
Taken for a Ride: Saudi-led OPEC+ snubs Biden with tiny Oil Increase, Despite Arms Sales, Fist Bump
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – At its meeting in Vienna yesterday, the enlarged “+” version of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting States (OPEC+) decided to […]
U.S. Lawmakers Demand Federal Scrutiny of How US Tech got into Turkey’s Drones
By Umar Farooq | – ( ProPublica ) – As countries around the globe add armed drones to their arsenals, federal lawmakers are pressing the […]
Why the Storming of the Iraqi Parliament is no Moment of Liberation
By Haifa Zangana | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Why does the occupation of the Iraqi Parliament building in the Green Zone in […]
Afghanistan a year after the Taliban Accupation: An ongoing War on Human Rights
By Ferdouse Asefi, University of Toronto | – The word “anniversary” usually brings about happy and memorable moments. But Aug. 15 marks one year since […]
A ’22 Pink Wave for the Dems? What does Surprise Kansas Rejection of anti-Abortion Amendment Mean for the Country?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a startling development, Kansas voters rejected a ballot initiative on August 2 that would have specified in the state […]
Israel’s Visa refusal to Palestinian Harvard Fellow sparks calls for Boycott of Apartheid State
By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel has refused to grant a visa permit to one of Gaza’s highly acclaimed […]
Angry White Guys in Big-Ass Pickups: Climate Change and Fragile Masculinity
By Stan Cox | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – In the United States during 16 months in 2020 and 2021, vehicles rammed into groups of protesters […]
Fueled by virtually unrestricted Social Media Access, White Nationalism is on the Rise and attracting violent young White Men
By Sophie Bjork-James, Vanderbilt University | – White nationalists keep showing up in the hearings of the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, […]
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