Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I can barely believe it. Mike Pompeo, who can believe 10 impossible things before breakfast every day, including the impending […]
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The Extreme Weather of Climate Emergency will Cost US $1 trillion in Ten Years
By Gary W. Yohe | – June marks the official start of hurricane season. If recent history is any guide, it will prove to be […]
Assange Indictment Marks Alarming New Stage in US Gov’t’s War on Leaks
Mexico City ( Committee to Protect Journalists) – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the U.S. Justice Department’s indictment last week of WikiLeaks […]
Youth Don’t want to be Scared by Climate Crisis: They Want Practical Solutions
By Dimitrinka Atanasova and Kjersti Fløttum | – Days after the British parliament declared a “climate emergency”, The Guardian announced that it would start using […]
Arab League, GCC Summits Rattled Sabers at Iran but ignored Arab world’s Humanitarian Crises
By Thembisa Fakude | @fakudet | – Saudi Arabia hosted three summits side-by-side this week. Saudi King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud hosted the 14th […]
Firearms are used to Murder 11,000 /yr in US; N. Zealand Banned Semi-Automatic Guns after 50 Killed
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Virginia Beach shooter killed 12 and put at least 4 others in hospital being operated on for their injuries. […]
Why Brown Terrorists are ‘Terrorists’ and White Terrorists are just ‘Mentally Ill’
By Maha Hilal | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Whether authorities classify an act as “terrorist” depends almost entirely on who carries it […]
With Trump Doubling down on Yemen War, Will Congress End Imperial Presidency?
R. Joseph Parrott | – The Trump administration on May 24 announced an emergency declaration to sell billions of dollars worth of arms to Saudi […]
Four Things to Watch as Israel goes to New Elections
By Rebecca Stead | – For the second time in a year, Israel is heading to the polls. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – who […]
Saudi King Salman calls at Summit for Int’l Condemnation of Iranian “Terrorism”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The emergency summit of the Arab league just held in Mecca had as it purpose to shore up pan-Arab support […]