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 […]
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Cairo on the Potomac: The siege on US Capitol was the election violence of a fragile democracy
By Clayton Besaw and Matthew Frank | – Did the United States just have a coup attempt? Supporters of President Donald Trump, following his encouragement, […]
“The Stone of Help:” Rev. Raphael Warnock ran for the Senate from Ebenezer Baptist Church: What that means to American History
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Rev. Raphael Warnock, the new senator from Georgia, grew up in Savannah. His commitment to the Black Baptist tradition […]
Why Trump’s Senate supporters can’t overturn Electoral College results they don’t like – here’s how the law actually works
By Donald Brand | – On Jan. 6, the United States Congress will gather in a joint session to tally the votes of the Electoral […]
How the son of a Lebanese Migrant and Street Sweeper became Brazil’s first Muslim Federal Judge
By Eman Abusidu | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Ali Mazloum is one of millions of migrants whose story illustrates the determination and […]
The Donald won’t be in Office Long, but will he be more Dangerous out of it?
( Tomdispatch.com) – 2021 has indeed begun and god knows what it has in store for us. But unless, somehow, we’re surprised beyond imagining, The […]
Already a New Boss in Town: Saudis, afraid of Biden, Hurry to End their Blockade on Qatar
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia announced Monday that it would lift its land and sea blockade against Qatar, and that Bahrain and the […]
Democracy’s Night of the Living Dead: Trump’s GOP Zombies Lost by a Landslide, but they’re back to eat our Brains
By Dan Dinello | – Like a political remake of Night of the Living Dead, the Republican Party — put to death by the Lame […]
Trump’s ‘smoking gun’ tape is worse than Nixon’s, but congressional Republicans have less incentive to do anything about it
By Ken Hughes | – At least Donald Trump’s “smoking gun” tape is simpler than Richard Nixon’s. Schoolchildren can easily grasp Trump’s high crime, in […]
Turkey: Bill on ‘Preventing Terrorism’ actually Targets Freedom of Association, Civil Society
( Human Rights Watch ) – (Istanbul) – The Turkish government should withdraw provisions in a draft law that would arbitrarily curtail nongovernmental organizations’ activities […]
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