Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]
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Can the Super Bowl end the Toxic season of Trumpism in Sports?
By Robert Lipsyte | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Overwhelmed by the intertwined plagues of Covid-19 and Trumpism, sports didn’t stand a chance in 2020. […]
In Game Changer, Int’l Criminal Court will take up Israeli War Crimes and Apartheid in Palestine
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Friday, the International Criminal Court found that it had jurisdiction to consider war crimes and crimes against humanity and […]
Yes, Speech can Incite Violence: What Decades of Research Show about Trump’s Impeachment Trial
By Kurt Braddock | – Senators, acting in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump that begins on Feb. 9, will soon have to […]
Trump’s Coup and Burma’s Coup: What they have in Common
The Asian country’s military overthrew its government over baseless claims of voter fraud. Sound familiar? ( 48hills.org) – This week, military officers in Myanmar (formerly […]
America’s Global Empire is now Costing us our own Well-Being
( Code Pink) – In 2004, journalist Ron Susskind quoted a Bush White House advisor, reportedly Karl Rove, as boasting, “We’re an empire now, and […]
Republicans in Congress engage in hateful Islamophobia to defend their Islamophobe, Greene
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In attempting to defend Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican Far Right (a.k.a. the Republican Party) has actually just taken her […]
Biden’s Top Foreign Policy Challenge: Avoiding a Cold War with China
Taiwan and the South China Sea are the likeliest points of conflict — but conflict is not an option. ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – […]
Greta Thunberg effect: people familiar with young climate activist may be more likely to act
By Anandita Sabherwal and Sander van der Linden | – She was declared Time magazine’s person of the year in the same month that Donald […]
Washington and Tehran: Who will make the first move?
( Middle East Monitor) – From the outside, the heated debate between Tehran and Washington seems as though it could be summarised by the question: […]
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