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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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Israel's War on the Bodies of Palestinian Women

Israel’s War on the Bodies of Palestinian Women

Written byRaseef22 Read this post in українська   Freed Palestinian prisoner Ruba Assi was welcomed as a hero upon her release in the prisoner exchange […]

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Biodiversity
Fighting Climate Change by Halting Overfishing

Fighting Climate Change by Halting Overfishing

By Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia | – Amid the escalating threats of a warming world, and with the latest annual United Nations global […]

The Conversation

Apartheid
Brazil's Lula compares Netanyahu to Hitler: How Fascist is Israel's War on Palestinians?

Brazil’s Lula compares Netanyahu to Hitler: How Fascist is Israel’s War on Palestinians?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stirred controversy when he said, “What is happening in the Gaza Strip and […]

Juan Cole

Lebanon
From Ukraine to Lebanon, a tale of two Marias

From Ukraine to Lebanon, a tale of two Marias

On a fateful day in February 2022, Ibrahim al-Marashi found himself praying in two religions for two Marias. In a world where narcissism and conflict […]

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Climate Crisis
Is there a Place for Dams and Hydropower to combat Global Heating?

Is there a Place for Dams and Hydropower to combat Global Heating?

By Joshua Frank

Tomdispatch

Canada
Gov. Hochul's Canada Genocide Fantasy and the War of 1812

Gov. Hochul’s Canada Genocide Fantasy and the War of 1812

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – New York Governor Kathleen Courtney Hochul, a sixth-generation Irish-American, spoke on Thursday to a Jewish philanthropy in her state. In […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The leading ‘Day After’ Plans for Palestine-Israel are doomed: Progressives can Do Better

The leading ‘Day After’ Plans for Palestine-Israel are doomed: Progressives can Do Better

Andy Bichlbaum  The Palestine solidarity movement has been an important voice for justice in recent months. It has mobilized millions behind the call for a […]

Waging Nonviolence

Arctic
If melting Glaciers shut down the Atlantic Gulf Stream, Extreme Climate Change Catastrophes will Follow

If melting Glaciers shut down the Atlantic Gulf Stream, Extreme Climate Change Catastrophes will Follow

By René van Westen, Utrecht University; Henk A. Dijkstra, Utrecht University; and Michael Kliphuis, Utrecht University | – Superstorms, abrupt climate shifts and New York […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
A majority of Jewish Democrats and Muslim Democrats agree on one Thing: Immediate Gaza Ceasefire

A majority of Jewish Democrats and Muslim Democrats agree on one Thing: Immediate Gaza Ceasefire

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll conducted by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, a Muslim-American think tank based in Michigan, […]

Juan Cole

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