Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – No one wrote more powerfully about humans’ poisoning the Earth and its consequences than biologist Rachel Carson–with […]
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Turkey’s currency crisis is a textbook example of what not to do with interest rates
By Gulcin Ozkan | – Central banks around the globe are currently staring at inflation rates unseen in more than 20 years. Supply chain problems […]
Fauci on Ted Cruz asking for his Ouster: “What happened on Jan. 6th, Senator?” “I’ll be saving lives and they’ll be lying.”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – CBS’s Margaret Brennan interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday for Face the Nation and got some fireworks. Brennan asked Fauci […]
Evangelical Politicians, using Israel as a Pretext, are Gutting the Constitution by Banning Boycotts
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – Israel has concluded a very unholy alliance with the American Evangelical Community, as support among progressive U.S. Jews […]
How Government Policy created the New Urban Black-White Segregation and Failing Inner Cities
Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – For many years, I worked in Boston public housing with teams of residents, community organizations, public housing staff […]
Channel deaths of Middle Easterners: the UK has clear legal responsibilities towards people crossing in small boats
By Mariagiulia Giuffré | – At least 27 people have drowned in the English Channel attempting to cross in a small boat. There were three […]
As Climate Emergency Shakes Iran, Government Attacks, arrests Water Protesters at Isfahan, wounding 3
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – After two weeks of protests by thousands of farmers in the dry riverbed of the historic Zayandeh Rud river in […]
74 Years ago, the UN General Assembly overstepped and stole the Palestinians’ Country from Them
By Sayid Marcos Tenório | – On 29 November, 1947, the newly-created United Nations (UN) approved the Palestine Partition Plan and started the Nakba process. […]
Will Germany’s New Climate Super Minister Robert Habeck Super Charge the Clean Energy Transition?
By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – As Germany’s first climate “super minister”, Green politician Robert Habeck will play a key role […]
Electric cars aren’t enough to hit climate targets: we need to develop better public transport too
By Vera O’Riordan | – Transport is responsible for 24% of energy-related carbon emissions worldwide. Half of those emissions are from carrying goods and services, […]