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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The Navajo Nation takes on the Climate Emergency
By Fiona L.Q. Flaherty | – (Cronkite News ) – PHOENIX – For many years, Tsegi Canyon on the Navajo Nation struggled: Its dry walls […]
Vladimir Putin, the Czar of macho Politics, is threatened by Gender and Sexuality Rights
By Valerie Sperling, Alexandra Novitskaya, Janet Elise Johnson, and Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom | – Vladimir Putin has mentioned “gender freedoms” more than once to justify […]
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 […]
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