Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amnesty International concluded this week that the Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, and […]
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Is Joe Biden Right that the Russians are committing Genocide in Ukraine?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Kevin Liptak reports for CNN that on a visit to Iowa President Biden talked to reporters about Russian actions in […]
Thawing permafrost is Massively reshaping the Arctic landscape, as We heat up the Climate
By Mark J. Lara, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | – Across the Arctic, strange things are happening to the landscape. Massive lakes, several square […]
From Mosul to Raqqa to Mariupol, Killing Civilians is a Crime no Matter Who Does it
( Code Pink ) – Americans have been shocked by the death and destruction of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, filling our screens with bombed buildings […]
I may have failed as a Tax Resister, but Corporate America is Hugely Successful at it
( Tomdispatch.com) – Every April, as income-tax returns come due, I think about the day 30 years ago when I opened my rented mailbox and […]
Why did the Saudis invest $2 bn with Jared Kushner?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Sunday, David D. Kirkpatrick and Kate Kelly of the New York Times got a big scoop — they gained […]
US Assistance to Saudi-Led Coalition Risks Complicity in War Crimes
By Afrah Nasser Yemen Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division | – ( Human Rights Watch) – The protracted conflict in Yemen has killed […]
More Heat, Less Water: Climate Emergency Pushes Iraq’s Farmers off Land as Drought cripples Crops
( Middle East Monitor ) – Until a few years ago, farming in southern Iraq was “as lucrative as oil”, Qasim Abdul Wahad remembers, and […]
The Climate Emergency is Stressing Plants, Making them Less Productive
By Souleïmen Jmii, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | – Plants that inhabit the Earth have the incredible ability to grow continually for hundreds […]
Could Europe/ NATO become Israel-Palestine if Putin Occupies parts of Ukraine for the Long Haul?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) | – We have to begin asking the question of what will happen if Russia succeeds in implementing a long-term occupation […]
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