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The Jan. 6 Insurrection was no Fluke; the Republican Party Platform is now the overthrow of the US Government
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – The Republican Party was once an honorable organization. When Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, its platform included protection […]
Afghanistan: heroin and human trafficking are the only two sectors of the economy still thriving
By Jonathan Goodhand and Jan Koehler | – In the frontier town of Zaranj on Afghanistan’s border with Iran, young men jostle one another as […]
Arctic Ocean started getting warmer Decades earlier than we Thought
By Sarah Collins | – The Arctic Ocean has been getting warmer since the beginning of the 20th century – decades earlier than records suggest […]
As last Coal Chimney Falls, Will Green Energy Issue in Scotland Break up the United Kingdom?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon of the Scottish National Party, pushed the button last week that brought down the country’s […]
Half of global Coal Companies continue to develop new Assets
By Nora Sausmikat and Katrin Ganswindt | – ( China Dialogue —- Bonus Video added by Informed Comment: Al Jazeera English: “Bosnia’s most polluting power […]
Climate activism has gone digital and disruptive, and it’s finally facing up to racism within the movement
By Nina Hall, Charles Lawrie and Sahar Priano | – To understand the agreement states reached at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow last month, […]
The Pentagon lost the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, so why are we upping its Funding to $778 billion?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Where are you going to get the money? That question haunts congressional proposals to help the poor, the unhoused, and those […]
Why Biden is Likely right that the Climate Emergency is partly to blame for massive Tornadoes
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The string of horrific tornadoes generated by unrelenting thunderstorms over hundreds of miles in the southeast and midwest of the […]
The West must cut a deal with the Taliban to prevent mass starvation in Afghanistan
By Louise Grogan | – ( The Conversation) – The lack of food security in Afghanistan may soon become a threat to the stability of […]