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Accelerating Climate Change and Global Inequality: Indigenous People were the Heroes of COP30
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Accelerating Climate Change and Global Inequality: Indigenous People were the Heroes of COP30

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Indigenous and tribal fishing communities on Brazil’s Amazon coast, their survival and livelihoods depends on fishing

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From T. S. Eliot to the Grateful Dead: echoes of FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:26

From T. S. Eliot to the Grateful Dead: echoes of FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:26

11/27/2025 By Juan Cole

Tariffs trickle into Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner, jilting Consumers and Farmers

Tariffs trickle into Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner, jilting Consumers and Farmers

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Sexual violence as a war strategy in Iraq

Sexual violence as a war strategy in Iraq

By Nazand Begikhani via Your Middle East “These are strategic theories of rape in wartime which have been deliberately practiced by IS jihadists in Syria […]

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Thirsty in Gaza: Israel Destroyed or Damaged 28 Miles of Water Pipes

Thirsty in Gaza: Israel Destroyed or Damaged 28 Miles of Water Pipes

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Water Authority said on Thursday that the water distribution network in Gaza had suffered $34.4 million worth of damage […]

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One Nation, under SWAT:  The undemocratic Militarization of the Police

One Nation, under SWAT: The undemocratic Militarization of the Police

By Matthew Harwood via Tomdispatch.com Jason Westcott was afraid. One night last fall, he discovered via Facebook that a friend of a friend was planning […]

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Top 10 Mistakes of former Iraq PM Nouri al-Maliki (That Ruined his Country)

Top 10 Mistakes of former Iraq PM Nouri al-Maliki (That Ruined his Country)

By Juan Cole Now that Nouri al-Maliki has resigned as prime minister, it is worth looking at the way his two terms as prime minister […]

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Israeli official confirms US nixed arms sale; PM blamed for icy ties

Israeli official confirms US nixed arms sale; PM blamed for icy ties

WSJ report of frayed relations between Washington and Jerusalem, including combative Obama-Netanyahu phone call, sparks firestorm among Israeli politicians

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Evacuating Miami Beach:  Can South Florida Save itself from Sea Level Rise?

Evacuating Miami Beach: Can South Florida Save itself from Sea Level Rise?

Two SJMC faculty, Kate MacMillin and Juliet Pinto, explore the narrative of a South Florida community under threat from sea level rise in this half-hour […]

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Only Mideast Democracy?  In Midst of War, Israel Clamps Down on Dissent

Only Mideast Democracy? In Midst of War, Israel Clamps Down on Dissent

By Sarah Lazare As a tenuous ceasefire takes hold, the besieged Gaza strip must contend with the path of death and destruction left by Israel’s […]

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Families of Afghan Civilians Killed by US/NATO Cannot get Justice

Families of Afghan Civilians Killed by US/NATO Cannot get Justice

By Bruce Pannier via RFE/RL Amnesty International has released a report documenting the inability of the families of Afghan civilians killed in attacks by U.S. […]

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The Politics of Energy and the Destabilization of Palestine

The Politics of Energy and the Destabilization of Palestine

By Tareq Ramadan The latest Israeli military campaign directed towards the 139-square mile, densely-populated Palestinian Gaza Strip has already led to the deaths of more […]

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