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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Offshore wind in the Midwest? Some Great Lakes leaders think so
By Alex Brown – ( Michigan Advance ) – Years from now, when Chicagoans stroll the Lake Michigan waterfront, they may see the blades of wind turbines […]
Greenwashing: energy Companies make false Claims about Sustainability – they should be held to Account
By Ouidad Yousfi, Université de Montpellier and Maha El Kateb, Université de Montpellier | (The Conversation) – Companies implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a […]
Why are U.S. Republicans Importing an Alien Fascist Christian Nationalism from Orbán’s Hungary?
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Following in Victor Orbán’s neo-fascist goose-steps, Trump, DeSantis, and the GOP are imposing his Hungarian brand of Christian […]
What Erdoğan’s Reelection means for Turkey’s Political System, Economy and Foreign Policy
By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University | – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been reelected as president, ensuring that his term as leader of […]
California Police Must stop sharing Drivers’ Location Data with Police in Anti-Abortion States: Civil Liberty Groups
EFF Press Release ( Electronic Frontier Foundation ) – SAN FRANCISCO—Seventy-one California police agencies in 22 counties must immediately stop sharing automated license plate reader […]
The Return of GOP-backed Child Labor is another Good Reason to Tax the Rich
By Sam Pizzigati | ( Otherwords) – Ever since the middle of the 20th century, our history textbooks have applauded the reform movement that put […]
On Memorial Day, We’re Finally not in a Shooting War, but if We’re not Careful We could Fall into One
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Memorial Day, the United States is not in a significant shooting war. It seems to me that the best […]
Free but unfair election: how Erdogan held onto Power in Turkey, and what this means for the Country’s Future
By Mehmet Ozalp, Charles Sturt University | – Recep Tayyib Erdogan will remain president of Turkey for another five years after winning Sunday’s run-off election […]
How Protests that double as Trainings are growing this Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign
Ray Bailey ( Waging Nonviolence ) – On a cool, clear April morning just past 8 a.m., the sprawling corporate campus of the world’s second […]