Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – There is a proverbial elephant in the room that few dare to identify openly. Revoking visas, arresting students […]
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Climate Change isn’t just making Cyclones worse, it’s making the Floods they cause worse too
By Laurence Hawker, University of Bristol; Dann Mitchell, University of Bristol; and Natalie Lord, University of Bristol | – Super cyclones, known as hurricanes or […]
Pandemic Anti-Rights Syndrome
By Nina Burleigh | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Last month, not long after Florida federal judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled that the transportation mask […]
Israeli Snipers Murder Prominent American Journalist in Cold Blood, attempt to Kill her Camera Crew, as US Press Equivocates
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli snipers murdered prominent American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Wednesday in an attempt to prevent the veteran Al Jazeera […]
Gaza Marks Another Grim Anniversary: One Year Since Deadly Hostilities that Killed Scores of Civilians
By Abier Almasri | Research Assistant, Middle East and North Africa Division | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – Friends abroad often ask how […]
Was the Visit to Iran of Syria’s al-Assad impelled by Fear of Russian Failure in Ukraine?
By Gilbert Achkar | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The President of the Syrian regime, Bashar Al-Assad, paid a surprise visit to Tehran […]
The window of opportunity to address increasing Climate-Driven drought is vanishing
By Margot Hurlbert, University of Regina | – Chile, Argentina and the American West are in the midst of a decade-long, megadrought — the driest […]
Wind and Solar generate Fully 20% of US Electricity in April for First time as Renewables Jump to 26.5%
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United States generates 6.5% of its electricity from dams, producing hydroelectricity, mainly in the West. Up until about a […]
Women to the Rescue: Review of “Hope but Demand Justice” by Pat Hynes
A Review of “Hope, But Demand Justice” By Pat Hynes (Haley’s, 2022) — by Nick Mottern (Special to Informed Comment) – The basic conclusion that […]
World Bank observations on Palestine’s economy gloss over Israel’s Colonialism and Apartheid
( Middle East Monitor ) – Humanitarian aid, which has played a major role in stagnating Palestine and Palestinians, is one of the factors mentioned […]