Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last fall, NASA scientist Colin Raymond and colleagues published an article showing that contrary to expectations, deadly heat and humidity […]
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Should Biden, Blinken, Austin and Trump be tried at the Hague for Gaza Genocide?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The civil society human rights NGO DAWN (Democracy for the Arab World Now) has submitted a detailed filing to the […]
Why Trump’s Gaza “Reconstruction Proposal” is Doomed to Failure
By Ali Asgary, York University, Canada There have been many conversations around U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal to permanently displace Palestinians from Gaza to […]
Surviving Hard Times: The Last Generation of Black Americans under Jim Crow and the Culture of Racism in America
By Douglas H. White ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Today, racism remains a poisonous force in America. Fascism and authoritarianism are on the rise and President […]
For First time, US is at 42% Zero Carbon Electricity, as Solar Surges by 49 GW
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Business Council for Sustainable Energy Factbook is out, and it has good news for the environment despite the dark […]
A Palestinian-Israeli Film is an Oscars Favorite – So why is it so Hard to See?
Drew Paul, University of Tennessee (The Conversation) – For many low-budget, independent films, an Oscar nomination is a golden ticket. The publicity can translate into […]
Guantánamo Needs to Be Shut Down, Not Expanded
By Farrah Hassen ( Otherwords.org) – In a deeply disturbing and unprecedented move, the U.S. has begun transferring immigrant detainees to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. They’re […]
With Troops and Tanks, Israel gives the Gaza Treatment to West Bank Camps, Expelling 40,000 Palestinians
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The BBC reports that Israeli forces have invaded three Palestinian refugee camps in the Palestinian West Bank — Jenin, Tulkarm […]
The West’s Ethnic Cleansing under Humanitarian Pretexts
by Ramona Wadi ( Middle East Monitor ) – Emboldened by the US and the international community’s acceptance of its genocide, Israel is not taking […]
D is for Decline, Dystopia and . . . Donald
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Count on one thing: in some almost unimaginable future, no American president (if we even have them anymore) is going to […]