Juan Cole Informed Comment In response to the renewed American bombing of southeastern Iran ports and facilities, including civilian infrastructure, the Iranian military responded Saturday with attacks on US bases and the infrastructure of Arab allies of the US, such as a desalinization plant and oil facilities in Kuwait and US personnel and installations in […]
This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a sweltering June afternoon, I stood in what was essentially a roadside ditch. Sandwiched between a four-lane highway and the parking lot of a faith-based recreation center near Birmingham, Alabama, the ditch was filled with cool, flowing water, a bit of […]
U.S. Ranks #2 as China Pulls Ahead Don’t worry, folks, we’re keeping our PG rating here. I’m talking about Gross Domestic Product or GDP. China’s economy is one-third larger than the US economy and growing twice as fast. The data come from the World Bank. According to the data, China’s GDP last year was $41.2 [...]
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