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Stephen Colbert and I:  The Tightening of Right-Wing Censorship
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Stephen Colbert and I: The Tightening of Right-Wing Censorship

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Paramount Global corporation has fired late night comedian Stephen Colbert even though Colbert dominated his time spot. Paramount owns […]

Turkey becomes the First to Censor Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok

Turkey becomes the First to Censor Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok

07/19/2025 By Arzu Geybullayeva

Green Energy and protecting Nature get the Thumbs up in Climate Change study in 68 Countries

Green Energy and protecting Nature get the Thumbs up in Climate Change study in 68 Countries

07/19/2025 By The Conversation

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Afghanistan
Afghan Women have been robbed of Health Care, Education and now their Voices. But they won’t remain Silent

Afghan Women have been robbed of Health Care, Education and now their Voices. But they won’t remain Silent

By Susan Hutchinson, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – Last month, the Taliban passed a new “vice and virtue” law, making it illegal […]

The Conversation

Cyber Warfare
From Stuxnet to Gospel to Pager Bombs, Israel is leading the Weaponization of the digital World

From Stuxnet to Gospel to Pager Bombs, Israel is leading the Weaponization of the digital World

By Ibrahim Al-Marashi ( The National ) – A series of pager explosions across Lebanon, and secondary attacks on walkie-talkies the following day, have killed […]

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

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Does Israel’s Weaponizing of Hezbollah Pagers signal the Start of a Regional War?

Does Israel’s Weaponizing of Hezbollah Pagers signal the Start of a Regional War?

Israel’s massive cyber-attack on Lebanon on 17 and 18 September, with the near-simultaneous explosion of 3,000-4,000 pagers and walkie-talkies, has killed a few dozen Hezbollah […]

Farhang Jahanpour

Sudan
Sudan’s civilians urgently need protection: the options for international peacekeeping

Sudan’s civilians urgently need protection: the options for international peacekeeping

By Jenna Russo, City University of New York | – (The Conversation) – In September 2024, the United Nations’ independent fact-finding mission to Sudan issued […]

The Conversation

Health Care
For-Profit US Healthcare System—Once Again—Ranks Dead Last Among Its Peers

For-Profit US Healthcare System—Once Again—Ranks Dead Last Among Its Peers

Jake Johnson ( Commondreams ) – A report out Thursday shows that the United States’ for-profit healthcare system still ranks dead last among peer nations […]

Common Dreams

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Water, War and Women in Gaza

Water, War and Women in Gaza

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In late 2020, a report titled Saving Gaza Begins with its Water stated: The water crisis in […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Hizbullah
Israel's Booby-Trapped Pagers wound Thousands, many Innocent Lebanese Civilians, Contravening Int'l Law

Israel’s Booby-Trapped Pagers wound Thousands, many Innocent Lebanese Civilians, Contravening Int’l Law

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Thousands of pagers simultaneously exploded across Lebanon and parts of Syria on September 17, 2024, resulting in at least 12 […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
How the Israeli Settlers Movement shaped Modern Israel

How the Israeli Settlers Movement shaped Modern Israel

By Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell | – (The Conversation) – The increase in settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank over the past year […]

The Conversation

Egypt
The Sphinx and the Sultan: How Biden’s Bear Hug of Netanyahu Caused Washington’s Near East Policy to Crash and Burn

The Sphinx and the Sultan: How Biden’s Bear Hug of Netanyahu Caused Washington’s Near East Policy to Crash and Burn

I’m reprinting here my most recent Tomdispatch essay for The Nation Institute, on the possible emergence of a centrist Sunni bloc that aims to offset […]

Juan Cole

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