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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Faustian Bargain: On pretext of Israel, Republicans oust Ilhan Omar from Committee to please White Nationalist Base
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – Congressional Republicans are more interested in grandstanding than governance, and political persecution rather than functional democracy. The banishment […]
How local Peace Work changes Culture, Town by Town, Generation by Generation
Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – Signs abound in Greenfield, Massachusetts’ downtown shop windows, among them PEACE, ART NOT WAR, FOOD FOR ALL NOT […]
Why the Violence between Israel and the Palestinians may be entering a devastating new Phase
By Susan de Groot Heupner, Griffith University | – (The Conversation) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rushed to the Middle East last week […]
No, Militant Israeli Squatters haven’t Exceeded 500K in Occupied Palestine: It is more Like 733,000
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AP is reporting that what it calls the Israeli “settler” population in the Palestinian West Bank has now exceeded 500,000, […]
Israel: Illegal Collective Punishment against Palestinians
( Human Rights Watch ) – (Jerusalem) – Israeli authorities’ actions to seal the family homes in the occupied West Bank of two Palestinians suspected […]
No Amount of Fraud Deters Government Agencies When It Comes to Privatizing Medicare
By Ana Malinow and Kay Tillow | – ( Commondreams.org) – On January 17, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced 48 new […]
The Nightmare of Republican Voter Suppression
By Clarence Lusane | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The fundamental right to vote has been a core value of Black politics since the colonial […]
In 4th Quarter, for first time Hybrid and Electric Vehicles outsold Diesel and Gasoline Cars in the European Union
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the European Union in the fourth quarter of 2022, for the first time in history diesel- and gasoline-powered automobiles […]
What international Law says about Israel’s planned Destruction of Palestinian assailants’ Homes
Robert Goldman, American University | – After a deadly attack that killed seven people outside an East Jerusalem synagogue, the Israeli government responded by sealing […]