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 […]
Main Content
Why the Founding Fathers would have approved of Biden banning phrase “Illegal Alien”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration has announced that it will no longer use the phrase “illegal alien” and will replace it with […]
Blocked from Civil Dissent, Women in Saudi Arabia are turning to business as ‘quiet’ Feminist activism
By Sophie Alkhaled | – Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released from prison on February 10 2021 after 1,001 days in custody. […]
US Resuming Arms Sales to United Arab Emirates is Disastrous, Given its Wars on Yemen, Libya
By Afrah Nasser | – Yemen Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division | – ( Human Rights Watch) – United States President Joe Biden […]
Despite Hawks Seeking new Cold War, the US and China can only Confront Climate Emergency by Cooperating
( China Dialogue ) – They say don’t mess with Texas, but Mother Nature didn’t get the memo. A surprise winter storm killed at least […]
US spent $2.261 Trillion on Afghanistan War, in which ~240,000 Have Died; We could have Greened Half the Grid Instead
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Costs of War Project at Brown University has just brought out a new report on Afghanistan. The September 11, […]
For Workers struggling to Unionize at Amazon, it is a Matter of Life and Death
Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – That unions lost the battle to organize Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama plant should and did come as no […]
The Real Trauma at the Border: Hundreds of Trump’s Separated Children Still can’t Find their Families
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – Media outlets consistently describe flight from Central America and Mexico as a “crisis,” suggesting that migrants’ proximity to our […]
The Saudi Lobby is Coming for You, Small Town America
By Ben Freeman, Brian Steiner and Leila Riazi | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Princess Reema bint Bandar Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.S., was […]
Biden to reverse Trump’s White Supremacist, Sadistic near-ban on Refugees, but US still Lags, Sweden, Germany other OECD Countries
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – About one quarter of one percent (0.25 percent) of the US population consists of refugees — some 838,000. This minuscule […]
© 2025 All Rights Reserved