Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The fascist government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to wage war on Gaza civilians, in the longest and most […]
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500,000 Yemenis displaced by Renewed Fighting Face Coronavirus Dangers
Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Civilians fleeing renewed fighting in northern Yemen are particularly vulnerable to the Covid-19 pandemic, Human Rights Watch said today. […]
Trump’s ‘Uncreative Destruction’ of the U.S.-China Relationship
( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Economists like to think of the wreckage caused by stock market downturns, widespread bankruptcies, and corporate downsizing as […]
Is Mitch McConnell Blocking further Congressional Aid to States on Behalf of Vulture Funds and Corporations with Impunity?
Has the Senate Majority Leader lost his faith in the wisdom and predictability of markets? Crude partisanship may underlie his reluctance to enact further Covid […]
On Memorial Day: How the US Lost its “Battle of Aqaba” to the Coronavirus
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On July 6, 1917, Auda Abu Tayy led his Howeitat tribesmen in a successful attack on the Ottoman port of […]
As 38.6 Million File for Unemployment, Wealth of Billionaires surged $435 Bn
By Omar Ocampo and Chuck Collins | – ( Inequality.org) – The number of U.S. citizens filing for unemployment increased to 38.6 million since March […]
Is Trump Ally Saudi Arabia moving toward Tolerance or Fear?
( Middle East Monitor ) – 21 May marked UNESCO’s World Day for Cultural Diversity and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a heavy contributor of […]
Not much of a Safety Net: Millions of Americans lost their Health Care and Apartments when COVID-19 Took their Jobs
By Paul Shafer | – The United States is experiencing its steepest economic slide in modern history. Tens of millions of Americans have filed new […]
Trump’s Little Big Horn: In the War on the Coronavirus, we Needed an Eisenhower; We got Custer
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – If Trump were actually a commander-in-chief in the war on Covid-19 instead of playing one on TV, he’d be less […]
Will Covid-19 Crisis bring Americans together Across Race or Will they Double down on Razing Safety Net?
By Lewis M. Steel< | - ( Inequality.org) – The new book by New York Times economics reporter Eduardo Porter, American Poison: How Racial Hostility […]