Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]
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What does it Mean that South Ossetia is Celebrating Independence?
By Richard Foltz | – Tskhinval, Republic of South Ossetia (Informed Comment) – On May 29 South Ossetians celebrated the signing of their declaration of […]
A Wroth Mueller Comes for Nancy Pelosi: Rashida Tlaib is Right
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bob Mueller measures his words, but he is as Merriam Webster’s thesaurus has it, angered, apoplectic, ballistic, choleric, enraged, foaming, […]
Robert Mueller Statement Transcript: If we had Found Trump Innocent, We would Have Said So
Special Counsel Robert Mueller delivered a 10-minute speech from the Justice Department on Wednesday: Transcript: Two years ago, the Acting Attorney General asked me to […]
One of Europe’s Last Migrant Rescue Ships Defies European Political Pressure to Save African Lives
By Susan H. Smith | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Over nearly five years, the small German charity Sea-Watch has saved more than 37,000 […]
No, Nuclear Power can’t Solve our Environmental Crisis
By Heidi Hutner and Erica Cirino | – Aeon | – In November 2018, the Woolsey Fire scorched nearly 100,000 acres of Los Angeles and […]
The Fall of Netanyahu’s Government is a Struggle over the Meaning of Jewishness, not just a Power Play
By Joyce Dalsheim | – Benjamin Netanyahu has hit a snag that could derail his chances of becoming the longest-serving prime minister in the history […]
Why Israeli Gov’t May Fall: Like US, Secularists and Fundamentalists are Polarized
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – We’ll know later today whether prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu will succeed in forming a government. If not, Israel will have […]
Climate Crisis: ‘We’ve created a civilisation hell bent on destroying itself – I’m terrified’, writes Earth scientist
By James Dyke | – The coffee tasted bad. Acrid and with a sweet, sickly smell. The sort of coffee that results from overfilling the […]
Israeli Army Accused Palestinians of self-arson, Then Video emerged of Israelis setting Fires
Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem has released a video showing illegal Israeli settlers setting fire to fields in the occupied West Bank, contradicting the Israeli […]
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