Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera reports that Pope Francis began his unprecedented trip to Iraq on Friday, his first visit abroad since the […]
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The Byzantine Empire was Multicultural, So why are QAnon and White Supremacists Idolizing it?
By Roland Betancourt | – From Charlottesville to the Capitol, medieval imagery has been repeatedly on show at far-right rallies and riots in recent years. […]
How Biden is already being drawn into unwinnable Tit for Tat with Iraqi Militias
( 48hills.org ) – For the first time, the Biden Administration ordered a cross-border military attack in the Middle East. On February 26, seven US […]
Women in Afghanistan worry peace accord with Taliban extremists could cost them hard-won rights
Mona Tajali and Homa Hoodfar | – Three Afghan women who worked at a media company were gunned down in Jalalabad in early March. In […]
Is it still possible to prevent the collapse of Syria?
By Marwan Kabalan | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Syrian intellectuals and activists from across political and intellectual spheres are busy searching for […]
Typical Republican: The Racism and Anti-Science behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbot’s Lifting of Covid Restrictions
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott this week lifted the Texas mask mandate and allowed businesses freely to open. Roughly half the […]
For the Sake of Preventing More Journalists’ Murders, Biden Must Punish Saudi Arabia’s MBS (And I Should Know)
Seattle (Special to Informed Comment) – The horrific outcome of Jamal Khashoggi’s story is not dissimilar to the tales of many journalists, including my own, […]
The US has dropped 326,000 bombs on people in other countries since 2001, Most Recently in Syria
( Code Pink) – On February 25th, President Biden ordered U.S. air forces to drop seven 500-pound bombs on Iraqi forces in Syria, reportedly killing […]
Failing Upward: Pentagon’s more and more Expensive Boondoggles (that don’t even work)
( Tomdispatch.com) – Cancel culture is a common, almost viral, term in political and social discourse these days. Basically, somebody expresses views considered to be […]
Why the Biden Administration is Dead Wrong to oppose Int’l Criminal Court War Crimes inquiry in Occupied Palestine: A Betrayal of the Rule of Law
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has decided to look into war crimes committed in the Israeli-Occupied Territories of Palestine. Outgoing […]