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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Why are so Many Climate Records breaking all at Once?
By Kimberley Reid, Monash University | – (The Conversation) – In the past few weeks, climate records have shattered across the globe. July 4 was […]
Average Earth Temperature this week was Highest in at least 120,000 Years, When Modern Homo Sapiens was a Young Species
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The earth is getting especially hot this year, as record after record falls. Seth Borenstein at AP reports that three […]
Israel’s attack on Jenin Created 4,000 New Refugees; Palestinians have been endlessly Displaced since 1948
By Anne Irfan, UCL | – (The Conversation) – The Israeli army’s recent attack on Jenin refugee camp resulted in 13 deaths (12 Palestinians, including […]
Germany: Sales of Battery Powered EVS up 31% Year over Year in First Half of 2023
By Carolina Kyllmann | – Clean Energy Wire / Zeit Online ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Car registrations in Germany have risen by 13 […]
Caution: Children at Work: The Return of Child Labor shows the Decline of the Right is Bottomless
By Steve Fraser ( Tomdispatch.com ) – An aged Native-American chieftain was visiting New York City for the first time in 1906. He was curious about […]
When Foreign Policy Elites Manipulate the Public into War, the First Amendment is the First Casualty
Eau Claire, WI (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – United States presidents have repeatedly waged wars with tacit congressional approval and distorted narratives at the […]
Khartoum: The city I fled; the city I love
Written byرصيف 22 Translated byMariam A. Translated byRaseef22 Read this post in عربي This piece was first published by Raseef22 and was written by […]
Rising Sexual Violence in Sudan Conflict Reflects Entrenched Patriarchy – But Women and Girls are Fighting Back
By Tamsin Bradley, University of Portsmouth | – Watching and hearing the horrifying reports of violence and savagery in Sudan, those of us working to […]
When it Comes to Defining Antisemitism, it’s Official: the IHRA, which forbids Criticizing Israel, is no Longer the only Game in Town
Joe Sterling ( Georgia Recorder ) – The battle over a controversial definition of antisemitism that forbids criticism of Israel has taken a […]