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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‘So Frustrated’: Iranians’ Fears Skyrocket That They Won’t Get Access To COVID-19 Vaccines
( RFE/ RL ) – Amid the launch of mass COVID-19 vaccination drives in the West, there’s growing concern among Iranians that they could be […]
“Those of Us Who Don’t Die Are Going to Quit”: Facing Piled-up Patients, lack of Gov’t PPE, Nurses Losing Hope
By J. David McSwane | — Almost a year into the pandemic, supply shortages remain so severe that nurse Kristen Cline reuses her N95 for […]
While COVID Distracted us, the global Climate Crisis went Extreme in 2020
By Chloe Brimicombe, Elliott Sainsbury, Gabrielle Powell and Wilson Chan | – The year 2020 will no doubt go down in history for other reasons, […]
The Arrogance of Superpower: Trump will “Let” Iranians import Coronavirus Vaccine
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump has given Iran permission to buy the coronavirus vaccine, according to Sharif Nizam Mafi, the head of the Iran-Switzerland […]
Saudi severe Violations of Human Rights Law pose Challenge to new Biden Administration
By Mehmet Rakipoglu | ( Middle East Monitor ) – International human rights law and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia do not sit together easily. […]
The Scientists made the Vaccines; Now can we Get Americans to Take them?
( Otherwords.org ) – With the new COVID-19 vaccine available, Dr. Anthony Fauci says Americans can begin to achieve herd immunity by next summer. Herd […]
How Black Lives Matter Changed 2020 with Creative Tactics to Confront Systemic Racism
By Nimalan Yoganathan | – The police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd have galvanized anti-racism protests throughout the United States, Canada and elsewhere. […]
Biden to invoke Defense Production Act for Vaccine manufacture. Trump? Playing Golf at Mar-a-Lago
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Will Feuer at CNBC reports that Joe Biden will invoke the Defense Production Act to ramp up the manufacture of […]
The Southwest once had 4000-year-long Droughts; Could Human-Caused Climate Emergency bring them Back?
By Judy Fahys ( InsideClimate News/ Cronkite News Creative Commons. —— Bonus Video added by Informed Comment: The Enigmatic Montezuma Castle and Well in Arizona, […]
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