Statement from Katherine Franke, January 10, 2025 For the last year and a half, as students at Columbia University and across the globe have protested […]
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Wildfire Smoke can Harm Human Health, Even when the Fire is Distant
By Christopher T. Migliaccio, University of Montana | (The Conversation) – Smoke from more than 100 wildfires burning across Canada has been rolling into North […]
The Real Border Surge: The End of Title 42 and the Triumph of the Border-Industrial Complex
By Todd Miller ( Tomdispatch.com ) – On May 11th, I was with a group of people at the bottom of the Paso del Norte […]
Climate Crisis: North America gets its own Mideast-Style Khamsin, courtesy Freak Canadian Smokestorm
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Not only Toronto in Canada but New York, Washington, D.C. and other cities of the US northeast got a taste […]
Palestinian Forum Highlights Threats of Autonomous Weapons
Susan Aboeid Associate, Arms Division @aboeidsusan ( Human Rights Watch) – In late May, I addressed a panel on the militarization of digital […]
Palestinian Bil’in’s successful Resistance Campaign against the Israeli Wall
Michael Schulz ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Anyone taking a drive into the occupied West Bank towards the little village of Bil’in will soon […]
How Saudi Arabia came to be at the Centre of a global Golf Merger
By David Rowe, Western Sydney University | – Professional golf – and increasingly world sport – is caught in a sand trap. Not the familiar […]
Carbon Dioxide in our Atmosphere hits High not seen for Millions of Years, threatening Accelerated Global Heating
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Monday that parts per million of carbon dioxide in our planet’s atmosphere […]
Arctic Ocean could be Ice-Free in summer by 2030s, with Global, Damaging and Dangerous Consequences
By Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol | – (The Conversation) – The Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer by the 2030s, even if we […]
Is China trying to supplant Washington as Peacemaker between Israel and Palestine?
Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – Remarks on 24 May by China’s Ambassador to the UN on the situation in Occupied […]