Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Why has the Democratic leadership shown such reluctance to take effective legislative action to halt the flow […]
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In Revolution, Shareholders vote Climate Activist Hedge Funders onto Board of ExxonMobil
By Mark DesJardine and Tima Bansal | – One of the most expensive Wall Street shareholder battles on record could signal a big shift in […]
A small GOP-dominated Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Coalition is waging a frightening campaign for nuclear rearmament
(Responsible Statecraft) – Democrats might control the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government right now, but a small Republican-dominated Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) […]
“This will Change the World:” Dutch Court orders Shell to reduce CO2 by 45% by 2030
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a historic ruling, a tribunal in the Netherlands has ruled that Royal Dutch Shell must reduce its and its […]
They’re Not Conservatives, They’re Extremists
( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – By mislabelling the radical members of the Republican Party “conservative,” the mainstream media gives them a veneer of […]
Despite massive losses, the Palestinians have altered the course of history
( Middle East Monitor) – The “Palestinian Revolt of 2021” will go down in history as one of the most influential events to have shaped […]
How Israel’s violence is enacted through discriminatory land-use policies
By Irit Katz and Haim Yacobi | – On May 21, a ceasefire was agreed to between Israel, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, putting an end […]
A Year Later: Are Palestinians like George Floyd?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – May 26 was the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by Minnesota police, and President Biden had the […]
Iran: The Election Trump did succeed in Spoiling
Oxford, U.K (Special to Informed Comment) – Although Iran is one of the few countries in the Middle East that has regular presidential, parliamentary and […]
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A primer on the long-standing dispute over Gaza (Video: U-Michigan Interviews Juan Cole)
“Since May 10, more than 200 Palestinians and a dozen Israelis have died in fighting in Israel and the occupied territories. Juan Cole, the Richard […]