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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Solar & Wind: How free electricity would change the world (Economist Video)

Solar & Wind: How free electricity would change the world (Economist Video)

The Economist | (Video News Report) | – – “magine if heating and powering homes became free in the next decade. What would that mean […]

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Children
Iraq: Parliament Rejects Marriage for 8-Year-Old Girls

Iraq: Parliament Rejects Marriage for 8-Year-Old Girls

Human Rights Watch | – – Amendments Would Have Instated Discriminatory Laws on Family Matters (Beirut) – Iraq’s parliament has rejected proposed amendments to Iraq’s […]

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Climate Change
Global Heating: 3 Largest Wildfires in California History all have Raged since 2012

Global Heating: 3 Largest Wildfires in California History all have Raged since 2012

The Watchers | – – The Thomas Fire in California is burning for the 13th day in a row and has now grown to 259 […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Putin's talk of Draw Down in Syria isn't about Russia leaving, but staying

Putin’s talk of Draw Down in Syria isn’t about Russia leaving, but staying

By Moritz Pieper | (The Conversation) | – – Standing on the Russian military airbase at Khmeimim on his December visit to Syria, Vladimir Putin […]

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Climate Change
Having had Green Electricity for 300 days, Costa Rica Moves to EVs

Having had Green Electricity for 300 days, Costa Rica Moves to EVs

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Costa Rica, which has among the cleanest electrical grids in the world, has just passed a […]

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Climate Change
To stop Global Heating, Meat Taxes are Coming

To stop Global Heating, Meat Taxes are Coming

By Matt Mace | edie.net | (Euractiv.com) – – Estimates suggest that meat and dairy demand will mean agriculture will emit 20 gigatonnes of emission […]

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Addiction
Marijuana’s Key Ingredient Not Dangerous or Addictive: WHO

Marijuana’s Key Ingredient Not Dangerous or Addictive: WHO

TeleSur | – – The committee is expected to make detailed recommendations based on an in-depth review in May 2018. The main ingredient, Cannabidiol, CBD […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Trump did This: Israeli Troops injure 150 Palestinian protesters in Palestine

Trump did This: Israeli Troops injure 150 Palestinian protesters in Palestine

Ma`an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets on Friday in continued protest of US President Donald […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Trump did this: Israeli Troops injure Palestinians

Trump did this: Israeli Troops injure Palestinians

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Redirect: This article is found here {click)

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