Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Since the beginning of Israel’s latest offensive against the Palestinian people in Gaza in October of last year, […]
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Condition Critical: Desertification Threatens to Turn Iran’s Future to Dust
By Michael Scollon ( RFE/RL ) – Temperatures in Iran are hitting record highs, rivers and lakes are drying up, and prolonged droughts are becoming […]
How Israel occupied Itself: The Way the Crisis on the West Bank Came Home
( Tomdispatch.com) – On July 24th, the Israeli Knesset passed a measure forbidding the country’s High Court of Justice from in any way checking the […]
Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel
By Brett Murphy and Alex Mierjeski | – ( ProPublica) – During his three decades on the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas has enjoyed steady access […]
Renewables supplied a record 69.2% of Germany’s Electricity for Homes in July
By Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Renewable energy supplied a record of 69.2 percent of Germany’s public net electricity generation […]
The Taliban’s War on Women in Afghanistan must be formally recognized as Gender Apartheid
By Vrinda Narain, McGill University | – (The Conversation) – The second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is fast approaching. Since then, Afghan […]
Two-Thirds of Americans Prioritize Wind, Solar, favor Gov’t Incentives, as 54% see Climate Change as Dire Threat
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Pew Research Center has released the results of a new US poll on climate change and green energy. It […]
Climate Crisis: The GOP Death Cult is holding the Earth Hostage to White Privilege
. Diane Roberts ( Florida Phoenix) – People, it’s too hot to be this stupid. A new NPR/PBS/Marist poll shows that nearly three-fourths of […]
Russia’s Return as a Middle Eastern Power to Reckon With
Amr Hamzawy ( Middle Eastern Monitor ) – The repercussions of the Russian-Ukrainian war forced the administration of US President Joe Biden to […]
Deadly Wildfires burn across Maui – it’s a Reminder of the growing Risk to Communities that once seemed Safe
By Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University | – (The Conversation) – Thousands of people were evacuated along Maui’s popular west coast on Aug. 8 and […]