Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Erik Uebelacker at Courthouse News Service reports that a three-judge appeals panel of the US Court of Appeals, First Circuit, […]
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America now solves problems with troops, not diplomats
By Monica Duffy Toft | – Is America a bully? As a scholar, under the auspices of the Military Intervention Project, I have been studying […]
US Press Horrified by Trump’s “Shoot Migrants in the Legs” but ignores what Israeli Snipers do to Palestinian Protesters
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Americans were horrified to hear that Trump wanted to have US forces at the US-Mexico border to charge migrants with […]
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, […]











