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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Israel: Release Long Detained Gaza Aid Worker: 6 Years After Arrest, Mohammad al-Halabi Has Not Been Convicted of a Crime
Human Rights Watch – (Jerusalem) – Israeli authorities should immediately release Mohammad al-Halabi, a humanitarian worker from Gaza detained for nearly six years both before […]
Colonialism: why leading Climate Scientists have finally acknowledged its Link with Climate Change
By Harriet Mercer, University of Cambridge | – The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)‘s sixth and latest report on the impact of global warming […]
France: Macron’s Pyrrhic Victory — Is his Neoliberalism Producing the Far Right?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Romain Brunet at France 24 termed Emannuel Macron’s win in the presidential election a “Pyrrhic victory.” In 280-275 BC, Pyrrhus, […]
Ukraine Crisis: Yemen urgently needs Seeds to Avoid Famine given Global Wheat Shortages
(Special to Informed Comment) – On top of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis created by a seven year war, Yemen is facing a new threat […]
The Double Whammy of Industrial Waste and the Climate Crisis
Birmingham, Ala. (Special to Informed Comment) – According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) of the United States Congress, about one-third of chemical facilities in […]
Are We Approaching the most Dangerous Point in Human History?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Face it, we’re living in a world that, while anything but exceptional, is increasingly the exception to every rule. Only the […]
E. Orthodox Christians in Jerusalem accuse Israel of Violating Freedom of Worship over Easter Holy Fire Ceremony
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Palestine’s foreign ministry on Saturday called on the Biden administration to pressure Israel to cease its encroachments on the religious […]
Auto Workers, Climate Groups Team Up to Demand Union-Made, Electric Postal Vehicles
By Brian Wakamo | – (Inequality.org ) – After nearly 30 years in the labor movement, Cindy Estrada is well familiar with the corporate playbook. […]
Pushing Back on ‘Soft Climate Denial’
( Otherwords.org) – The Biden administration claims to “believe the science” on climate, but its actions need to catch up with its words. By Basav […]