Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The decision of the Truman administration to use nuclear weapons on the civilian cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 […]
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Cramped ICE Detention Centers during COVID-19 Threaten Migrant Safety, even Officers
By Jessica Myers | Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship | – ( Cronkite News) – PHOENIX – In the six months Maria Chávez’s husband has […]
100 days without COVID-19: how New Zealand got rid of a virus that keeps spreading across the world
By Michael Baker, Amanda Kvalsvig, and Nick Wilson | – On Sunday, New Zealand will mark 100 days without community transmission of COVID-19. From the […]
American ISIS? Trumpies Threaten life of Scientists like Dr. Fauci, just as ISIS Killed Archeologist Dr. Al-Asaad
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump prides himself for being in office when the US military and its Muslim allies in Iraq and Syria polished […]
Will Beirut’s Port Explosion and Economic Crisis Spur Mass Migration from Lebanon?
By Hannes Baumann | – The explosion that tore through Beirut on Tuesday August 4 was so strong that shockwaves were felt on the island […]
Coal Plummets 30% in Germany as Renewables Gain during Covid-19 Slowdown
( Clean Energy Wire) – An abrupt halt to economic activity and greatly reduced mobility in reaction to the coronavirus outbreak have let Germany’s energy […]
War and Pandemic Journalism: The Truth Can Disappear Fast
By Patrick Cockburn | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The struggle against Covid-19 has often been compared to fighting a war. Much of this rhetoric […]
Beirut’s Destruction was a Crime of Evil Negligence, the same Crime being Committed Against our Climate
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some 300,000 people in Beirut have been left homeless by the enormous explosion at the city’s port on Tuesday, which […]
Beirut Catastrophe: Polluters routinely mishandle, illegally trade Hazardous Materials at Sea, in Ports
By Scott Edwards and Christian Bueger | At the time of writing at least 100 people have lost their lives and a further 4,000 have […]
Atomic Poet Survivors, Military Realists and Millennials: August 6 and 9
Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – Poet survivors of the merciless, savage US atomic bombing of Japan guide us to the deepest, most intimate […]