“These first few months [have resulted] in the Trump administration’s cuts to scientific and medical research, clampdown on any efforts promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), newly aggressive policies for […]
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The Rich produce the most Heat-Trapping CO2, but Heat Waves hit the Poorest Hardest
By Mojtaba Sadegh, John Abatzoglou, and Mohammad Reza Alizadeh | – Spend time in a developing country during a heat wave and it quickly becomes […]
Iraq Pays off $52.4 bn. in Reparations for Invading Kuwait in 1990, but the US will Never Pay a Dime for Invading Iraq
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Stephanie Nebehay at Reuters reports that Iraq has finally paid off the $52.4 billion in war reparations imposed on it […]
Why isn’t US Media Screaming that the Republican Party Is Now Openly Against Democracy?
( Otherwords.org ) – If you’re the sort of person who follows the news, you’ve probably heard a good bit lately about podcaster Joe Rogan, […]
Palestinians under Israeli Occupation face urgent healthcare Crisis in Gaza
By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Eleven-year-old Amal Lubbad was deep in thought when I met her in what has […]
Whoopi Goldberg awkwardly demonstrates how the idea of race varies by place and changes over time
By Robyn Autry | – Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of ABC’s “The View,” set off a firestorm when she insisted on Jan. 31, 2022 that the […]
Biden’s Moonshot: Announces Green Race with China for Electric Vehicle Dominance as MSM Misses Story
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Biden admitted on Tuesday that, regarding electric vehicles, “China has been the — leading that race up to now. […]
Banning ‘Maus’ only exposes the significance of this searing graphic novel about the Holocaust
By Biz Nijdam | – A school board in Tennessee voted unanimously in favour of removing the graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman from its […]
Letter protesting Israeli Troops’ Invasion of Birzeit University and Assault on Palestinian Students
From Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association of North America. Prime Minister Naftali Bennet et al… Fax: +972-2-5664838 Dear Prime Minister, Ministers, Brigadier-General, […]
How Did We Get Here? The Strategic Blunder of the 1990s That Set the Stage for Today’s Ukrainian Crisis
( Tomdispatch.com) – Understandably enough, commentaries on the crisis between Russia and the West tend to dwell on Ukraine. After all, more than 100,000 Russian […]