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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Ontario First Major Industrial Region to Abolish Dirty Coal Plants (Coal should be Illegal)
Coal plants are the world’s most abundant and most dangerous source of carbon dioxide emissions and the most important single driver of catastrophic climate change. […]
13-year-old Iranian Girl Sings Adele’s ‘Someone like You’
For a different view of Iranian youth than the images of anger and menace most often purveyed in US media (as Rami Khoury rightly argues): […]
Egypt: New Left and Coptic Christians Demand Toppling of Muslim Brotherhood Regime
A small crowd of some 500 marched in downtown Cairo on Saturday calling for the fall of the Muhammad Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, regime. It was […]
Denmark 25% Wind-Powered, Going for 50% in 8 Years
Denmark gets 25% of its total electricity from wind turbines, and aims to double that by 2020. Part of its strategy is not just putting […]
How the US Pays off innocent Drone Victims (Currier)
Cora Currier writes at ProPublica The U.S. drone war remains cloaked in secrecy, and as a result, questions swirl around it. Who exactly can be […]
The Real Reason for Climate Change Denial: Oil Cos. Would lose 60% of their Value
HSBC estimates that if the world adopted the policies necessary to keep global warming to only 2 degrees C. (3.6 degrees F.), oil companies would […]
Iraq’s New One Percent Gets Rich, fails to Establish Security (Baquba Bombing kills 20)
Another deadly bombing was conducted this morning in Baquba, Iraq, killing 20 and wounding 60. Radicals detonated it outside a political rally for a small […]
UN, Host Countries, Running out of money for Syria Refugee Relief
The United Nations is warning that the vast scale of the Syrian refugee crisis is straining the resources of the UN, Jordan and Lebanon. Jordan […]
Homeless in the Shadow of High Tech (Moyer Video)
Bill Moyer investigates the phenomenon of homelessness and poverty in the high tech Mecca, San Jose, California. It turns out to be a good metaphor […]