San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A morose anniversary passed this month for Iranians, as it has been more than thirty-five years […]
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Climate Emergency feedback Loop: Trees are growing faster, dying younger – and will soon store less carbon
By Roel Brienen and Emanuel Gloor | – As the world warms and the atmosphere becomes increasingly fertilised with carbon dioxide, trees are growing ever […]
Taking the Next Knee: Is this Athletic Revolt For Real and Is It a Danger to Donald Trump?
By Robert Lipsyte | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Last year, when LeBron James described some of President Trump’s public statements as “laughable and scary,” […]
Wagging the Dog: As Trump and Iran square off on Venezuela Oil Shipments, will US Go full Pirate of the Gulf?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trita Parsi writing at Responsible Statecraft wonders if the Trump administration is planning to widen its piracy against Iranian vessels […]
The Pandemic and Oil
Foreign Policy in Focus) – With oil prices down and wealthy countries bungling COVID-19, the pandemic has exposed the weaknesses that wealth papers over. During […]
How do Democrats and Republicans Differ on Palestine and Israel?
( Middle East Monitor ) -The polarized nature of American politics often makes it difficult to address fundamental differences between the country’s two main political […]
Demons of the deep state: how evangelicals and conspiracy theories combine in Trump’s America
By S Jonathon O’Donnell | – Are demons active forces in American life and politics? That is what a large number of evangelicals in the […]
Abraham Accords: The War Pact Among Jim Crow States of the Middle East
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Middle Eastern parties to the “Abraham Accords,” Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel, did not make peace by […]
The ‘Desaparecidos’ of Palestine: Israel Escalates War on the Dead
( Middle East Monitor) – On September 2, the Israeli government approved a proposal that allows the military to indefinitely withhold the bodies of Palestinians […]
For anyone wavering about Voting: The US presidential election might be closer than the polls suggest
By Simon Jackman | – With less than two months until the US presidential election, Democratic nominee Joe Biden leads incumbent Donald Trump in the […]