Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – When a baby born on April 1, 2023 reached 14 months and became a toddler this month, it had never lived through a month that wasn’t the hottest on record. The National Atmospheric and Oceanic Agency has announced that May 2024 was the hottest May on record. But even more […]
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Biden Administration concerned Israel will drag US into War with Lebanon, Officials reveal
( Middle East Monitor ) – The administration of United States’ president Joe Biden has grown increasingly concerned that Israel could drag the US into a war in Lebanon, as Tel Aviv continues to escalate tensions on its northern border and scale up attacks on Hezbollah. According to CBS News , anonymous US officials informed […]
Is Earth Really Getting too Hot for People to Survive? A Scientist Explains
By Scott Denning, Colorado State University | – My parents said the planet is getting too hot for people to live here. They called it climate change. What does that mean? – Joseph, age 12, Boise, Idaho Many countries have seen extremely hot weather lately, but in most of the inhabited world, it’s never going […]
Far Right Supreme Court enables Mass Murder in Service to Republican Ideology
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – “How can you be so obtuse?” That question to the sadistic warden got Tim Robbins’ character, Andy, an extra 30 days in solitary confinement in Frank Darabont’s 1994 Stephen King vehicle, The Shawshank Redemption. Now I ask of the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS), “How can you employ […]
Gaza: Weaponizing Aid beyond Starvation
( Middle East Monitor) – Israel’s raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp killed 274 Palestinians and wounded 700 more in order to free four healthy-looking Israeli hostages. The discrepancy was stark. However, what stands out in the murderous Israeli operation is the weaponising of aid to provide cover for the massacre. Denied by both the […]
Trump or Biden on Israel?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Recently, I attended a demonstration called by groups opposing the carnage in Gaza, where eight months of air, ground, and sea attacks by the Israeli Defense Forces have leveled entire quadrants of cities and killed more than 36,000 Palestinians. Many of the participants, justly outraged by the ongoing mass murder triggered […]
Israel, Defying UNSC Ceasefire Order, “Completely Dehumanizes” Palestinians (MSF), Shooting Fish in a Barrel
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports on the humanitarian situation in Gaza this week in the aftermath of the United Nations Security Council demand (14-0 with Russia abstaining) for a ceasefire in Gaza. It required Hamas and Israel to reply with a letter outlining their response. […]
How Democratizing Universities would Supercharge the pro-Palestine Divestment Movement
By Akin Olla | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – The pro-Palestinian divestment movement has erupted across the country, after over a decade of bubbling and stirring under the guidance of organizations like Students for Justice in Palestine. Students have built encampments, led walkouts and passed student government resolutions demanding that their universities cease investing […]
How the Corporations’ “Medicare Advantage” Harms America’s Patients and Providers
Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment) – 1). Medicare Advantage (MA), the privately-administered version of Traditional Medicare (TM), is causing significant harm to America’s patients, providers, and health 2). Political support for the private health insurance industry and Medicare Advantage exists because our government permits private health insurance companies to exact large profit from its […]
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