Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Al Jazeera bureau chief in Tehran, Abdul Qader Fayez, reports from “informed sources” in Tehran that Iran’s clerical Leader, […]
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The Earth and Human Beings must Be Saved Together
Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A postcard I use as a bookmarker contains a set of principles for gardening in urban soils […]
Climate Breakdown makes Atmosphere Thirstier, Worsens Droughts
By Solomon Gebrechorkos, University of Oxford (The Conversation) – Droughts are becoming more severe and widespread across the globe. But it’s not just changing rainfall […]
Illegal and Immoral: Israel’s Kidnapping of Greta Thunberg and the Madleen Aid Ship on the High Seas
By Adnan Hmidan ( Middle East Monitor ) – Once again, the so-called “most moral army in the world” flexes its muscle, not against a […]
In New Low, Israel’s Netanyahu has Recklessly allied with ISIS in Gaza
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – The world’s most poorly kept secret is that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) is escalating his state-sponsored […]
Gov. Newsom asks Trump to Withdraw Troops from Los Angeles and Protests Intensify
By Nigel Duara, Jeanne Kuang and Sergio Olmos, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. ( CalMatters ) – […]
Is Nuclear Winter a Climate Issue?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Thirty-five years after the start of the nuclear age with the first explosion of an atomic bomb, I visited the expanse […]
A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad
Book Review – Osamah F. Khalil, A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad from Kennedy to Biden. Cambridge (MA) and London: Harvard […]
California Democrats push to block ICE from Schools, Hospitals and Shelters
By Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Hospitals. Schools. Shelters. Those are some of the places […]
Trump’s Middle East Pivot aims to counter China’s rising Influence
By Maria Papageorgiou, Newcastle University (The Conversation) – The US president, Donald Trump, claimed he was able to secure deals totalling more than US$2 trillion […]