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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How News Corps lost the Plot on Covering Trump
By Nan Levinson It’s not a good time to be an American journalist. Or a consumer of American journalism. Or, for that matter, even a […]
The Evils of MAGA’s “Moral Distance” — What we Can Learn from Iraq and Sweden
(Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Sahar first told me about moral distance one May morning on a beach in Cadiz. Born in Baghdad, Sahar […]
Iran Accuses Israel’s Netanyahu Of Trying To Derail Nuclear Talks
By RFE/RL (RFE/ RL ) – Iran’s top diplomat has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to dictate US policy toward Iran after […]
Condemning the Trump Administration’s Terrorizing Students with Unlawful Visa Cancellations
Middle East Studies Association Board | – The MESA Board of Directors and the MESA Task Force on Civil and Human Rights call on all […]
The Serviceberry: Native American Ecology and the End of Carbon Capitalism
Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – No one wrote more powerfully about humans’ poisoning the Earth and its consequences than biologist Rachel Carson–with […]
To Stand With Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the US
( Middle East Monitor ) – “At the very centre of it, settler-colonialism is a zero-sum game. It’s either the coloniser’s account or that of […]
What’s Preventing a United Front against the Trump Regime?
( Tomdispatch.com) – America desperately needs a united front to restrain the wrecking ball of the Trump regime. While outraged opposition has been visible and […]
Trump, the Suez Canal, and the end of Eisenhower’s World Order
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AFP reports that Trump has said, “American ships, both military and commercial, should be allowed to travel, free of charge, […]
Israel’s Gaza Atrocity by the Numbers
Genocide, Palestine, Gaza, War Crimes
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