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From Gaza to America and Vietnam, the Prospect of a Peacemaker Pope
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From Gaza to America and Vietnam, the Prospect of a Peacemaker Pope

Richard Penaskovic

Auburn, Al. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It’s not surprising that Pope Leo XIV took the name Leo in honor of Pope Leo XIII […]

Protesting NYU’s Withholding of Degree over Gaza Protest

Protesting NYU’s Withholding of Degree over Gaza Protest

05/21/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Trump isn’t even Trying to Hide the Racism Anymore

Trump isn’t even Trying to Hide the Racism Anymore

05/21/2025 By Rebecca Gordon

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Top 3 Climate Catastrophes Menacing Florida, as DeSantis Erases Climate Change From Web Sites

Top 3 Climate Catastrophes Menacing Florida, as DeSantis Erases Climate Change From Web Sites

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – When we think about Florida, we may think about flamingos. But in the Ron DeSantis regime, the state bird ought […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
"There is no Security:" Israel's Invasion of Rafah will not Eliminate Hamas or End the War

“There is no Security:” Israel’s Invasion of Rafah will not Eliminate Hamas or End the War

By Ian Parmeter, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – The Gaza war has now entered its eighth month and a resolution to the […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
Biden's Potemkin Village: US Aid Dock Theatrics as Gaza Drowns in Starving Refugees amid Rivers of Shit

Biden’s Potemkin Village: US Aid Dock Theatrics as Gaza Drowns in Starving Refugees amid Rivers of Shit

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The story has it that Russian noble and officer Grigory Potemkin, who stole the Crimea from the Ottoman Empire in […]

Juan Cole

Iran
U.S. Seeks Shift In Iranian 'Decision-Making Calculus' Through Saudi-Israeli Normalization

U.S. Seeks Shift In Iranian ‘Decision-Making Calculus’ Through Saudi-Israeli Normalization

By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/RL) – The United States wants to force a gradual shift in Iran’s “decision-making calculus” by signing a defense deal with […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Climate Crisis
Extreme Heatwaves in South and Southeast Asia are a Sign of Disasters to Come

Extreme Heatwaves in South and Southeast Asia are a Sign of Disasters to Come

By Neven S. Fučkar, University of Oxford | – (The Conversation) – Since April 2024, wide areas of south and south-east Asia, from Pakistan to […]

The Conversation

Apartheid
S. Africa v. Israel on Rafah Genocide:  Endgame in which Gaza is utterly Destroyed for Human Habitation

S. Africa v. Israel on Rafah Genocide: Endgame in which Gaza is utterly Destroyed for Human Habitation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – South Africa returned to the International Court of Justice in the Hague on Thursday over the Israeli invasion of Rafah, […]

Juan Cole

Colonialism
How Israel is Carving up and Reoccupying Gaza

How Israel is Carving up and Reoccupying Gaza

By Rabia Ali | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – As Israel shows no signs of stopping its devastating assault on the Palestinians in […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
The Forever Wars, MAGA and the Loneliness of Anger

The Forever Wars, MAGA and the Loneliness of Anger

( Tomdispatch.com) – An acquaintance who hails from the same New Jersey town as I do spends his free weekends crawling through the woods on […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Climate Crisis
From Campus Climate to Middle East Climate Emergency

From Campus Climate to Middle East Climate Emergency

Juan Cole: Israel, Gaza and Campus Protests, Part II on Sea Change Radio with Alex Wise. Transcript below. Or listen here: This week on Sea […]

Juan Cole

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