Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When Israel launched an attack on Doha in September 2025, Arab and Muslim leaders convened an emergency summit. […]
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The New Age of Protest
(Foreign Policy in Focus) – People are hitting the streets to protest government inaction, repression, and corruption. Does that mean democracy is in trouble or […]
How the impeachment inquiry might affect Trump’s 2020 re-election chances
By Dennis Altman | – The next 13 months will see American politics completely dominated by the fate of Donald Trump. As the House of […]
A Trumpian Future for our Kids: A Hot, Sweltering 1984
By Frida Berrigan | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Okay, I’ll admit it. Sometimes I can’t take the bad news. It’s too much. It’s so […]
Trump’s Ukraine Ask was Criminal; but it Was SCOTUS’ Citizens United that Invited Foreign Interference in US Elections
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump is accused of soliciting the help of a foreign government to dig dirt on, essentially to do opposition research […]
Dry Impeachment alone won’t Save our Democracy: The Public has to Get Fired Up
Congress is officially moving toward impeaching the president. But even then, it’s up to the people to keep our republic.
Trump’s Assault on the Constitution: Politics as World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
(Otherwords.org ) -Either our system is going to break, or Trump’s finally going to fail. It’s an exhausting drama. Does Trump understand democracy? I’m really […]
Trump v. Duke U.-UNC: Why the Study of Cultures is Essential to our National Security
By Nicholas Tampio | After the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a commission formed to figure out why the attacks occurred. One of the culprits, […]
As Israel struggles to form a Government, why do its poorest immigrants vote for the right and far right?
By Amandine Desille | – The Israeli election was held on September 17, but it remains unclear who – Benyamin Netanyahu (Likud) or his main […]
Anti-Palestinianism is the modern day McCarthyism
By Asa Winstanley | @AsaWinstanley | – As regular readers of this column will know, the McCarthyite atmosphere in Britain against supporters of Palestinian rights […]
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