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Who is More Advanced? 29 Muslim-Majority States will Have more Liberal Abortion Laws than much of America if Roe Falls
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The American Religious Right as a political force is in some ways a creation of the 1973 Roe v. Wade […]
Iran: Labor Protests Surge: Unpaid Wages, Unsafe Work Conditions, Arbitrary Arrests, Prosecutions
Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Iranian workers are facing mounting economic and political challenges to realizing their labor rights, Human Rights Watch and Human […]
State Power will replace Roe Abortion right if leaked Alito opinion prevails in Supreme Court
By Morgan Marietta, UMass Lowell | – Draft opinions circulated among Supreme Court justices are meant to allow for deliberation and editing before a final […]
The Economic Consequences of the War: Why the Conflict in Ukraine Is a Disaster for the Poor of This Planet
( Tomdispatch.com ) – In 1919, the renowned British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote The Economic Consequences of the Peace, a book that would prove […]
Israeli Authorities still haven’t taken sides on Ukraine Invasion, but Denounce Russia for saying Hitler was Jewish
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli and Ukrainian governments have lambasted the Russian Federation for remarks of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a video […]
Another Russian War? Is Putin done letting Israel hit Iran in Syria?
(Special to Informed Comment) – Conflict recently flared again in the Levant — in Jerusalem, Lebanon’s south and Gaza. An Israel-Iran war is just waiting […]
Afghanistan: Taliban Faces Rising Armed Resistance From Former Government Factions
By Abubakar Siddique | – ( RFE/ RL )- For nearly two decades, the Taliban launched an annual deadly spring offensive in a bid to […]
A Failure of Western Diplomacy: Russia’s long journey from partner of the west to pariah
By Anna-Sophie Maass, Lancaster University | – Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine two months ago, the world has grown used to the sight of […]
Could a European Union boycott of Putin’s Oil, with Qatari and UAE help, Crash the Russian Economy?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The breaking news is that the German Minister of Economy and Climate Robert Habeck, who is also the Vice-Chancellor has […]