Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Solar panels are great sources of energy. We have them on our roof and they have saved us a lot […]
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A Final Burial for the Arab Spring: Arab League Readmits Syria under al-Assad, as Tensions with Iran Subside
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The foreign ministers of the Arab League states, meeting in Cairo on Sunday, approved the end of Syria’s suspension from […]
Bernie Sanders unveils push for $17-an-hour federal minimum wage, citing state increases
By Ariana Figueroa ( Florida Phoenix ) WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday announced Democrats’ plans to mark up legislation to increase […]
Israel is a powder keg waiting to blow
By James Sunderland, University of Oxford | – The death in custody on May 2 of Khader Adnan, the first Palestinian to die of a […]
Iraq Gas Flaring Tied to Cancer Surge
Antonia Juhasz Senior Researcher, Environment and Human Rights @AntoniaJuhasz ( Human Rights Watch) – Ali Hussein Jaloud, an Iraqi man barely in his 20s, […]
Sir Gawain and the Green King: What can Newly Crowned Charles III do to Combat the Climate Emergency?
Revised Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – We can argue about the character of Charles’s philosophy of nature and whether it is conservative or not. I […]
Not the Onion: U.S. Supreme Court Justices take Gifts – Then Raise the Bar for Bribery Prosecutions
By: Marty Schladen – ( Minnesota Reformer) – Justice Clarence Thomas might be the most egregious when it comes to taking gifts and not disclosing […]
Not a Flood, not a Surge, not Illegal: Retire This Dehumanizing Language About Immigrants
By By Daniella Prieshoff ( Otherwords.org ) – Last year, my client Susan called me to discuss her immigration case. During our conversation she referenced […]
How shading crops with Solar Panels can improve Farming, lower Food Costs and reduce Emissions
By Joshua M. Pearce, Western University | – If you have lived in a home with a trampoline in the backyard, you may have observed […]
King Charles III as Defender of all Faiths, including Islam
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Although King Charles III will, like his predecessors going back to Henry VIII, be styled “Defender of the Faith,” he […]