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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First Hijab-Wearing Muslim Judge joins Bench at US Court in New Jersey
( Middle East Monitor) – US attorney Nadia Kahf has been appointed to the New Jersey Superior Court, becoming the first hijab-wearing judge on the […]
Constitutional Crisis Threatens to Tear Israel Apart as Att’y-Gen. takes on Netanyahu and 200 Reservist Pilots refuse to Fly
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the Israeli parliament passed a law preventing the Supreme Court from removing a sitting prime minister for inability […]
IPCC’s Conservative Nature masks true Scale of Action needed to avert Catastrophic Climate Change
By Kevin Anderson, University of Manchester | – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) synthesis report recently landed with an authoritative thump, giving voice […]
German Electric Car exports rise more than 65 percent in 2022
By Edgar Meza | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – German exports of electric cars rose more than 65 percent last year to some […]
Ukraine and the Lessons of the Iraq War
By John Feffer | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Leaving aside the manufactured justifications, the United States invaded Iraq in 2003 to […]
Why are We There? Biden Bombs Syria, after Drone Kills US Contractor, wounds 5 US Military Personnel
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden ordered air strikes on Thursday (Friday in Syria) against militiamen in the Harabish neighborhood just outside the […]
Israel’s new Cycles of forcibly displacing Palestinians
Ramona Wadi ( Middle East Monitor ) – US President Joe Biden placed much emphasis on rhetorically opposing Israel’s settlement expansion. Hence the reaction from Washington […]
IPCC report: We’re in Deep Trouble on Climate Emergency, and Don’t Have Much Time to Act
By Frank Jotzo, Australian National University and Mark Howden, Australian National University | – The world is in deep trouble on climate change, but if […]
Prophecies, Then and Now: My Life at World’s End
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Indulge me for a moment. This is how “The Prophecy” in my 1962 high school yearbook began. It was written by some […]