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Stephen Colbert and I:  The Tightening of Right-Wing Censorship
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Stephen Colbert and I: The Tightening of Right-Wing Censorship

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Paramount Global corporation has fired late night comedian Stephen Colbert even though Colbert dominated his time spot. Paramount owns […]

Turkey becomes the First to Censor Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok

Turkey becomes the First to Censor Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok

07/19/2025 By Arzu Geybullayeva

Green Energy and protecting Nature get the Thumbs up in Climate Change study in 68 Countries

Green Energy and protecting Nature get the Thumbs up in Climate Change study in 68 Countries

07/19/2025 By The Conversation

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India-Pakistan Solar Energy Race?  Desert Solar Park among world's Largest

India-Pakistan Solar Energy Race? Desert Solar Park among world’s Largest

Pakistan’s first large-scale solar power project, the Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park project, was recently inaugurated by Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, representing one of the country’s first clear steps towards renewable energy. The project…

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al-Qaeda
Can we close Guantanamo Now?  Abu Hamza Convicted by New York Jury

Can we close Guantanamo Now? Abu Hamza Convicted by New York Jury

British preacher Abu Hamza guilty on US terror charges (via AFP) A New York jury convicted British hate preacher Abu Hamza on 11 kidnapping and […]

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Climate Change
Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Miles O’Brien slam CNN as the ‘Wal-Mart of journalism’

Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Miles O’Brien slam CNN as the ‘Wal-Mart of journalism’

On the latest episode of his StarTalk Radio Show, Neil DeGrasse Tyson spoke to former CNN science journalist Miles O’Brien about the failures of modern news reporting — particularly at CNN. As the interview began, O’Brien joked that CNN fired…

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Christianity
Will Pope Francis's Visit to the West Bank be a Challenge to Occupation?

Will Pope Francis’s Visit to the West Bank be a Challenge to Occupation?

"This visit will help us in supporting our struggle to end the longest occupation in history." (By Lauren McCauley) On an upcoming trip to the […]

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Democracy
Sunnis Big Losers in Iraq Elections, PM al-Maliki has Largest Party

Sunnis Big Losers in Iraq Elections, PM al-Maliki has Largest Party

(By Juan Cole) The results of the Iraqi parliamentary elections are in, and everybody lost. There will be another hung parliament that gets almost nothing […]

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Democracy
After Occupy:  Is Economic Democracy Possible?

After Occupy: Is Economic Democracy Possible?

(A conversation on economic democracy with Tom Malleson via OUP) How do we address the problem of inequality in capitalist societies? Tom Malleson, the author […]

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Bush
Dick Cheney wants Hillary Clinton ‘held accountable’ for Benghazi terror attacks

Dick Cheney wants Hillary Clinton ‘held accountable’ for Benghazi terror attacks

Dick Cheney, the former vice president who was in office during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 and later pushed the country into war with Iraq based on faulty intelligence, said on Sunday that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would…

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Apartheid
Occupartheid is Isolating and Degrading Israel

Occupartheid is Isolating and Degrading Israel

​(Open Letter from Daniel Bar-Tal, Tel Aviv) “Love your neighbor as yourself” This is the core requirement for overcoming blindness caused by hate and fear […]

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Central Asia
The Eurasian Pivot: Is it China's and Russia's Century?

The Eurasian Pivot: Is it China’s and Russia’s Century?

(By Pepe Escobar via Tomdispatch) HONG KONG — A specter is haunting Washington, an unnerving vision of a Sino-Russian alliance wedded to an expansive symbiosis […]

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