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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In our National Interest? 250K Yemenis now Starving to Death, with 233K already dead in Trump-Backed War
140,000 of the dead are children under 5
Saudis Accused of Serious Crimes Aided in Fleeing US as Officials Turn Blind Eye
By Sebastian Rotella and Tim Golden (ProPublica), with Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, The Oregonian/OregonLive This story was co-published with The Oregonian/OregonLive. The FBI, Department of Homeland […]
Sudan: How Protestors Carved out a Space to Challenge Dictatorship
Hundreds of thousands of people marched to the Sudanese Army’s headquarters in the Ministry of Defence’s complex
The World’s Happiest People Already have a Green New Deal, and they Love It
All the Nordics have found that their focus on climate coinciding with growth in the common good
Scottish Gov’t Announces ‘Climate Emergency’ in response to Extinction Rebellion Call
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon of the social-democratic Scottish National Party has called a “climate emergency,” doing so in response […]
Trump appointee Bolton inventing a new “Axis of Evil,” including Iran, to put US on War Footing
(Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Bolton’s broadsides against Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela hint at ambitions for much more dangerous geopolitical conflict — and nothing […]
Palestine, International Law, and a Radically Just Future
We can learn from other cases of law and settler colonialism. These cases exhibit the same type of juridical erasure
Will Technology Make America’s Forever Wars Permanent?
The U.S. and its coalition will continue its airstrikes and coordinated attacks on Syria until the “enduring defeat of ISIS.”
Hatred of One is Hatred of All: San Diego Synagogue Shooter had Attempted to Burn down Mosque
Earnest is an object lesson in the intersection of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism
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