Informed Comment - Part 538

In the Middle East, the US was Never about Democracy Promotion

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – How much of the blame should U.S. policy take for the decline of democracy in the twenty-first century, with the […]

Juan Cole

Corporate Surveillance

How Israel’s Tech for Cyber Surveillance of Palestinians is now Targeting You

( Middle East Monitor) – The revelation a few years ago that the US National Security Agency (NSA) had been conducting mass surveillance on millions […]

Ramzy Baroud

Batteries

Soon Electric Cars will Power millions of Homes — Here’s how to make it Happen

By Tom Stacey and Ying Xie | – Electric cars could help to power millions of households in the coming years, simply by harnessing their […]

The Conversation

Militarization

The Pentagon as Penta-god: America’s Abyss of Weapons and Warmaking

( Tomdispatch.com) – Who is America’s god? The Christian god of the beatitudes, the one who healed the sick, helped the poor, and preached love […]

William J. Astore

China

As Biden and Xi Zoom, the Iran issue Looms

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden and his counterpart Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke for half an hour on Monday by video, as […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis

Climate Emergency: This Southwestern US City has had to Create an Office of Heat Response and Mitigation

By Shane Purcell | – ( Cronkite News) – PHOENIX – David Hondula recently got a job he never dreamed of – maybe because it […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Islam

Muslim Generosity and the Obligation of Zakat

By Iqbal Akhtar | – Muslims see wealth as a gift and a divine dispensation. The Quran urges individuals to share their wealth and income […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan

How the US lost in Afghanistan (Juan Cole Interview with Michigan Online Teach-out)

Interview by the University of Michigan Online‘s Jenni Patterson | – “Following the removal of American troops from Afghanistan, there has been a surge of […]

Juan Cole

Corruption