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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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Did Jeb Bush's brother "Create ISIL" in Iraq?

Did Jeb Bush’s brother “Create ISIL” in Iraq?

by Brian Glyn Williams It was one of those moments that politicians dread. An unscripted incident last month when a voice in a crowd pinned […]

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Democracy
Turkey:  How Pres. Erdogan damaged the AKP Brand

Turkey: How Pres. Erdogan damaged the AKP Brand

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Justice and Development Party (AKP) decisively lost its majority on Sunday, falling to only about […]

Juan Cole

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US view of Iraqi Army, before & after 2003  (Political Cartoon)

US view of Iraqi Army, before & after 2003 (Political Cartoon)

By Khalid Bendib | (Otherwords.org) | (Political Cartoon) Via Otherwords.org

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At 450, Florida's St. Augustine Faces Rising Waters of Manmade Climate Change as Governor Fiddles

At 450, Florida’s St. Augustine Faces Rising Waters of Manmade Climate Change as Governor Fiddles

Aljazeera America | (Video) “St. Augustine is one of the many cities seeing this alarming trend and fears that they may one day be submerged”

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Bill of Rights
Fighting for Privacy, Two Years After Snowden

Fighting for Privacy, Two Years After Snowden

By Richard Esguerra | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – Two years ago today, Glenn Greenwald published in the Guardian a single document confirming a […]

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Apartheid
UN Special Rapporteur: Israel Must Abandon Plans to Relocate Bedouin

UN Special Rapporteur: Israel Must Abandon Plans to Relocate Bedouin

IMEMC | – – United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Makarim Wibisono, today, repeated his call for the Israeli occupation to abandon its plans for the […]

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Climate Change
Green Energy Surging and you'll never Guess Why

Green Energy Surging and you’ll never Guess Why

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | — The adoption of wind and solar for electricity generation around the world is happening at a growing […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Israeli forces suppress protest over fraudulent purchase of West Bank church

Israeli forces suppress protest over fraudulent purchase of West Bank church

HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Saturday suppressed a march protesting the recent purchase by Israeli setters of a church compound in the southern West […]

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Democracy
A Turkish Syriza?  A radical democratic party and the new politics of the Mideast

A Turkish Syriza? A radical democratic party and the new politics of the Mideast

By Omer Tekdemir | ( Your Middle East) Dr Omer Tekdemir analyzes a radical force in Turkish politics, which strives to protect democracy and represent […]

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