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State of Climate: Earth Hottest on Record again, as CO2 still Climbs and Glaciers Wilt
Climate Crisis

State of Climate: Earth Hottest on Record again, as CO2 still Climbs and Glaciers Wilt

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The American Meteorological Society has issued its annual climate report, this one summarizing changes in 2024 now that all the […]

New data shows No Kings was One of the largest Days of Protest in US history

New data shows No Kings was One of the largest Days of Protest in US history

08/17/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Iran’s Nature is under Threat – here’s how better environmental Stewardship can save it

Iran’s Nature is under Threat – here’s how better environmental Stewardship can save it

08/17/2025 By The Conversation

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If the Leaders of the two Koreas can meet, why can't those of Saudi Arabia and Iran?

If the Leaders of the two Koreas can meet, why can’t those of Saudi Arabia and Iran?

The regional rivalries and nuclear issue mark similarities, but diplomacy is frozen in the Middle East

Juan Cole

North Korea
Why does Trump want to Sabotage the Iran Deal but to Negotiate with North Korea?

Why does Trump want to Sabotage the Iran Deal but to Negotiate with North Korea?

China will go to bat for Pyongyang but not for Tehran, and Iran is relatively weak

Mohammed Nuruzzaman

Inequality
Why has the GOP grown the Military-Industrial Complex but slashed Human Security?

Why has the GOP grown the Military-Industrial Complex but slashed Human Security?

The US has the highest rate of maternal deaths of any industrial country & we are the “child poverty capital”

H. Patricia Hynes

Banking
A coming Crash? Massive Bank deregulation and a Trump-appointed Fed: What could go Wrong?

A coming Crash? Massive Bank deregulation and a Trump-appointed Fed: What could go Wrong?

Trump has appointed more members of the Fed board than any president since Woodrow Wilson

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Democracy
Tunisian women hit campaign trail as equals to men

Tunisian women hit campaign trail as equals to men

The 2011 Tunisian Revolution resulted in a constitution that recognizes the equality of women and men (even the US doesn’t have that)

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China
Russia and China slam Trump-Macron Push to Renegotiate Iran Deal

Russia and China slam Trump-Macron Push to Renegotiate Iran Deal

Moscow and Beijing value Iran’s Role in Syria, plan arms sales to Tehran

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Iraqi Oil for Israel?  15 Years later, new Light on the Iraq War

Iraqi Oil for Israel? 15 Years later, new Light on the Iraq War

By Gary Vogler | ( University of Kansas Press Blog) | – – April 24 marks the 15th anniversary of my initial entry into Baghdad […]

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Syria
Syrian Gov’t Secures Capital, takes E Qalamoun from Saudi-backed ‘Army of Islam’

Syrian Gov’t Secures Capital, takes E Qalamoun from Saudi-backed ‘Army of Islam’

Displaced fundamentalists flee to Afrin, settled by Turkey in anti-Kurdish security Belt near Border

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China
China’s Climate Policies Could Save 94,000 People from Early Grave

China’s Climate Policies Could Save 94,000 People from Early Grave

The difference is that the Chinese Communist Party Cares and our Capitalists do not.

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