Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As a Southern man of letters, I’ve learned a lot from Tennessee Williams’ plays and films. Watching […]
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Iran and the US appear unlikely to reach a new Nuclear Deal – leaving Everyone more Unsafe
By Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences | – (The Conversation) – Iran’s standoff with the United States over its […]
Muslim Americans are Young, Patriotic and Bullish on this Country, and are not to Blame for 9/11
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Yesterday, America observed a commemoration of 21 years since the September 11, 2001 attacks by al-Qaeda on key US targets. […]
9/11 Survivors’ exposure to Toxic Dust and the chronic Health Conditions that followed offer Lessons that are still too often Unheeded
By Roberto Lucchini, Florida International University | – (The Conversation) – The 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York resulted in […]
Food Sovereignty vs. Food Aid: Why Small-Scale Farming Suffers
( Tabsir.net ) – The early major civilizations in the Middle East and Asia with their head start several millennia ago had one thing in […]
Spending Unlimited: Contractors Cash in as Congress Adds Billions to the Pentagon Budget
By Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Congress has spoken when it comes to next year’s Pentagon budget and the […]
Solar Power in US to grow by Factor of 3 by 2027 after IRA, Saving us from Climate Disasters and Lung Cancer (yes)
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Because of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), energy analysis firm Wood MacKenzie has increased its estimation of how much […]
U.S. House Members raise Objections to Manchin Deal fast-tracking Coal, Oil, Gas Projects
By Jacob Fischler | – ( Minnesota Reformer ) – More than 50 U.S. House members are objecting to a push to revise federal environmental […]
How many times must Gaza be rebuilt, to be bombed again?
By Anjuman Rahman | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel is infamous for bombing innocents in the Gaza Strip. During Israel’s latest three-day […]
As Climate Emergency unfolds, how can Pakistan combat future Mega-Floods and Droughts?
By Shahid Azam, University of Regina | – Pakistan is suffering from the aftermath of yet another massive flood covering about one-third of its landmass. […]