Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Nuclear physicist Edward Teller predicted in 1959 that the risks of burning fossil fuels, by increasing carbon […]
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The Fatal Despair of Exile: An Iran they could neither Live in nor Leave Behind
Nothing takes me from the butterflies of my dreams to my reality: not dust and not fire. What will I do without roses from Samarkand? […]
What I Learned after the End of History
( Tomdispatch.com ) – “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” So declared Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ah, […]
Israel/Palestine: An Abyss of Human Suffering in Gaza and a Biden Double Standard
( Human Rights Watch) – (Jerusalem) – The Israeli military killed, wounded, starved, and forcibly displaced Palestinian civilians in Gaza in 2024, and destroyed their homes, schools, […]
The Fatal Effort to Dismantle the UN’s Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees
Over the past 15 months, the international community has failed to prevent genocidal atrocities in Gaza. Dismantling the UN refugee agency would perfect the nightmare. […]
Gaza Deal: What it means for Peace in the Middle East
By Scott Lucas, University College Dublin (The Conversation) – After 15 months of bitter conflict on the Gaza Strip, a ceasefire deal has been agreed […]
How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza: A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy
by Brett Murphy ( ProPublica ) – Empty Threats: Since Oct. 7, 2023, Biden has repeatedly issued threats that Israel ignored. U.S. officials tried to […]
Professor Katherine Franke on being Fired from Columbia Law School for Palestine Advocacy
Statement from Katherine Franke, January 10, 2025 For the last year and a half, as students at Columbia University and across the globe have protested […]
Lebanon’s new President faces uphill Struggle to steer Country away from Brink of Collapse
By John Nagle, Queen’s University Belfast and Drew Mikhael, Queen’s University Belfast Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on January 9 after a two-year political […]
Angling toward Armageddon: The Return of Senator Strangelove
( Tomdispatch.com ) – A primary responsibility of the government is, of course, to keep us safe. Given that obligation, you might think that the […]
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