Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A Special Committee of the United Nations Office of the High Commission on Human Rights has issued a new report […]
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Migration and the Shadow of War: How the Real Story of a Migrant Boat Disaster Escaped our Attention
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Seeking news coverage about the Adriana, the boat crowded with some 700 people migrating to Europe to seek a better life […]
Hey Jason Aldean: All Humans owe their Big Brains and Survival as a Species to Afro-Textured Hair
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Afro-textured hair has been a frequent object of racist denigration. In April 2007 radio shock jock Don Imus got himself […]
Middle East and North Africa: End Curbs on Women’s Mobility (HRW)
Many Middle East and North Africa countries still prevent women from moving freely in their own country or traveling abroad without the permission of a […]
Here’s What we Know about the Charges against those Who Falsely Claimed to be Michigan Presidential Electors in 2020
By: Kyle Davidson – J ( Michigan Advance ) – After Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges Tuesday against 16 Michigan residents tied […]
As Global Heat Waves Break Records in Mideast and Elsewhere, How Hot it too Hot for us Humans?
By W. Larry Kenney, Penn State; Daniel Vecellio, Penn State; Rachel Cottle, Penn State; and S. Tony Wolf, Penn State | – (The Conversation) – […]
Former PM Olmert calls on Biden to Boycott this Extremist Israeli Government, as Generals and Nat’l Union Also Shun It
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Biden hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House on Tuesday. Herzog is addressing a joint session of […]
Israeli Travel Restrictions and Blockade on Gaza Mean that 50% of Palestinian Cancer Patients do not get Treatment
( Middle East Monitor ) – The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Monday that 50 per cent of cancer patients do not […]
Did the Anthropocene Era of Human-Caused Climate Change Start in 1950 – or Much Earlier? Why the Debate Matters
By Noel Castree, University of Technology Sydney | – (The Conversation) – It made world news last week when a small lake in Canada was […]
The Hype of a Nuclear Power “Renaissance:” The Forever Dangers of Small Modular Reactors
By Joshua Frank ( Tomdispatch.com) – If you didn’t know better, you’d think Lloyd Marbet was a dairy farmer or maybe a retired shop teacher. […]