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We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown
Climate Crisis

We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Nuclear physicist Edward Teller predicted in 1959 that the risks of burning fossil fuels, by increasing carbon […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

08/07/2025 By Juan Cole

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

08/07/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

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Israel/ Palestine
Settled: How the Israeli Extreme Right has Achieved Victory

Settled: How the Israeli Extreme Right has Achieved Victory

By Ellen Cantarow ( Tomdispatch.com ) – In 1979, I made the first of what would turn out to be decades of periodic visits to […]

Tomdispatch

Afghanistan
The Push To Recognize 'Gender Apartheid' As A Crime

The Push To Recognize ‘Gender Apartheid’ As A Crime

Written by Michael Scollon with reporting by RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi | – (

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Climate Crisis
New Labour Government in UK Unleashes Onshore Wind, with 61% of British Electricity now Low-Carbon

New Labour Government in UK Unleashes Onshore Wind, with 61% of British Electricity now Low-Carbon

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The new Labour government in Britain last week took steps to remove the ban on onshore wind farms instituted by […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
At Least 90 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Massacre in 'Safe Zone' of al-Mawasi

At Least 90 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Massacre in ‘Safe Zone’ of al-Mawasi

By Julia Conley ( Commondreams.org ) – The United Nations’ top expert on human rights in Palestine condemned the Israeli military as it resorted to […]

Common Dreams

Donald Trump
‘One inch from a potential civil war’ – near Miss in Trump shooting is also a close call for American democracy

‘One inch from a potential civil war’ – near Miss in Trump shooting is also a close call for American democracy

By Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell | – With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
From "Hang Mike Pence," to "Paul Pelosi Hammered" to "Shooting Trump" -- Political Violence is Deadly to Democracy

From “Hang Mike Pence,” to “Paul Pelosi Hammered” to “Shooting Trump” — Political Violence is Deadly to Democracy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – American politics has entered the most dangerous phase of its nearly 250-year existence, with the assassination attempt on Donald J. […]

Juan Cole

Agriculture
Farmers turn to Solar Panels to shade Crops, Save Water and generate Power

Farmers turn to Solar Panels to shade Crops, Save Water and generate Power

By Amaia J. Gavica/Cronkite News ( Cronkite News ) – WASHINGTON – For 31 straight days last summer, temperatures in Phoenix hit or topped 110 […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Israel/ Palestine
How Israel has brought the Palestinian Authority to the Brink of financial Collapse

How Israel has brought the Palestinian Authority to the Brink of financial Collapse

By Dalia Alazzeh, University of the West of Scotland and Shahzad Uddin, University of Essex | – (The Conversation) – Israel’s ultranationalist finance minister, Bezalel […]

The Conversation

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Biden now falsely Claims Netanyahu has "accepted" Detailed Peace Plan, as Israeli Atrocities Continue

Biden now falsely Claims Netanyahu has “accepted” Detailed Peace Plan, as Israeli Atrocities Continue

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – At his rally in Detroit on Friday afternoon, President Joe Biden at one point said, “That’s why I put together […]

Juan Cole

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