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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Occupied Bodies: How SCOTUS’ repeal of Roe and the Israeli Supreme Court’s Expulsion of Palestinians are Similar
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This week a leaked opinion by far right wing Justice Samuel Alito revealed that the Trump-Bush majority on the Supreme […]
Who enjoys freedom of worship in Israel?
Mohammad Makram Balawi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Images of at least one Israeli drone dropping tear gas on Muslim worshippers at […]
How treaties protecting fossil fuel investors could jeopardize global efforts to save the climate – and cost countries billions
By Rachel Thrasher, Boston University; Blake Alexander Simmons, Colorado State University; and Kyla Tienhaara, Queen’s University, Ontario | – Fossil fuel companies have access to […]
The Border-Industrial Complex in the Biden Era: Robotic Dogs and Autonomous Surveillance Towers Are the New Wall
By Todd Miller | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – First, it was the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) vehicles speeding along on the road in […]
Denmark makes Bid for “Putin-Free” Energy by Accelerating Mammoth Artificial Wind Island Plan
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Europe has faced a dilemma in standing up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, since most European countries have tied themselves […]
In Gunning for UN Reliefs and Works Agency, US will deprive Palestinians of Last few Rights
( Middle East Monitor ) – Palestinians are justifiably worried that the mandate granted to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, might be […]
If we want the International Criminal Court to investigate Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, we need to stop undermining it Ourselves
By Farrah Hassen | – ( Otherwords.org ) – As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, human rights groups have gathered evidence of Russian atrocities against […]
Climate Emergency: Dangerously Early Southwest Wildfire Season Encroaches on iconic Towns and Nature
By Molly Hunter, University of Arizona | – New Mexico and Arizona are facing a dangerously early fire season. It has left neighborhoods in ashes […]
Who is More Advanced? 29 Muslim-Majority States will Have more Liberal Abortion Laws than much of America if Roe Falls
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The American Religious Right as a political force is in some ways a creation of the 1973 Roe v. Wade […]
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