Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]
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Afraid of *Everything* – The Paranoid Nature of American Foreign and Domestic Policy
( Tomdispatch.com ) – I have a brother with chronic schizophrenia. He had his first severe catatonic episode when he was 16 years old and […]
On Their 57th Anniversary, Medicare and Medicaid Remain Under Threat
By Max Richter | – ( Commondreams.org ) – You may wonder why former President Harry Truman is sitting close by while President Lyndon B. […]
Surprise Dem Senate Bill makes US Global Climate Leader, Sees 40% Carbon Reduction by 2030
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a huge surprise on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the Chairman of the Senate Energy and […]
The Turkey-Russia-Ukraine Grain Agreement and the Weaponization of Food
( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – When Russia bombed the port in Odesa last week, it was not an auspicious beginning to the new […]
Israel fears a Nightmare Scenario as the Crisis with Russia escalates
By Adnan Abu Amer | – Israel is convinced that Moscow’s threat to close down the Jewish Agency in Russia is retaliation for the Zionist […]
Why Britain’s 104°F (40°C) Heatwave was made many Times more Likely by Humans burning Fossil Fuels
By Ben Clark, University of Oxford; Friederike Otto, Imperial College London; and Luke Harrington, University of Waikato | – (The Conversation) – Every heatwave occurring […]
Trump joins Aaron Burr and Jefferson Davis as Former High Office-Holder Investigated for Sedition
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Carol D. Leonnig, Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey, and Spencer S. Hsu at the Washington Post got the scoop that the […]
The Enduring Tyranny of Oil: War, Inflation, and Soaring World Temperatures
( Tomdispatch.com ) – It may seem hard to believe, but only 15 years ago many of us were talking confidently about “peak oil” — […]
How Amazon, Starbucks and other Companies fight Unions
( Minnesota Reformer ) – You as a worker have a legal right to join a union, but there are many ways big corporations are […]
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