Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that Israeli airstrikes shattered the supposed ceasefire in Gaza on Tuesday, dropping heaving munitions […]
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The Nakba at 75 – Palestinians’ Struggle to get Recognition for their Catastrophe
By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona | – On May 15, 2023, the United Nations will stage a high-level special meeting to commemorate the 75th […]
Gaza and the Illegal Israeli use of Sanctions as a Tool for Collective Punishment
Dr Mustafa Fetouri MFetouri International humanitarian law derived from the Geneva Convention of 1949 and the 1977 Protocols, states clearly that no person […]
Who will Inherit the Earth? The Rise of AI and the Human Future (?)
( Tomdispatch.com ) – After almost 79 years on this beleaguered planet, let me say one thing: this can’t end well. Really, it can’t. And […]
Long Beach Plans a 400-Acre Facility for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, Largest in World
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – City News Service reports that Long Beach is planning a 400-acre facility to manufacture and install offshore floating wind turbines […]
Turkey’s Opposition Chief is Leading in the Polls, but Sunday’s Election is a Cliffhanger
By Balki Begumhan Bayhan, Coventry University | – (The Conversation) – Turkey’s general election on Sunday, May 14 will see voters cast their ballots for […]
Our Climate Crisis: The Ultra-Wealthy have a Private Jet Problem, Therefore so do We
Blogging Our Great Divide by Omar Ocampo ( Inequality.org ) – The past two years have been a bonanza for private aviation. […]
The Privatization of War, American-Style
( Tomdispatch.com ) – The way mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his private army have been waging a significant part of Vladimir Putin’s war in […]
Trump joins ranks of Sexual Abusers-in-Chief like Gaddafi and Mussolini, but CNN thinks he Deserves a Townhall
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donald John Trump was found liable by a jury on Tuesday for having sexually abused and then libeled writer E. […]
Post-Roe Abortion Bans force Pregnant People with Life-Threatening Complications to Travel Long Distances
By: Kelcie Moseley-Morris – An ultrasound image of Jennifer Adkins’ 12-week-old fetus that was diagnosed with Turner syndrome and hydrops fetalis, two defects that are […]