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No, ancient Hebrew Slaves didn’t Build the Giza Pyramids
Archaeology

No, ancient Hebrew Slaves didn’t Build the Giza Pyramids

Juan Cole

As for Israelites, there is no archeological evidence of them being in Egypt, much less being enslaved.

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Climate Tipping Points Close In: Scientists urge radical Action before it’s too Late

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Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The European Union’s Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borell and the European Commissioner for Crisis management Janez Lenarčič, issued […]

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How AIPAC supports Israel's far Right Likud Party over Democratic America

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( Detailed Political Quizzes ) – In a New York Times March 13, 2024, article (“Pro-Israel Lobby Faces Challenges Amid Gaza War and Shifting Politics”), […]

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Could Trump win again? Roots of MAGA Paranoia and the Politics of Fear

Brooklyn, NY (Special to Informed Comment; featured) – The cover of my The Politics of Fear: The Peculiar Persistence of American Paranoia features a photograph […]

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Western Powers could Stop the Gaza Genocide; instead they Cover it Up with "Humanitarian Aid"

Western Powers could Stop the Gaza Genocide; instead they Cover it Up with “Humanitarian Aid”

By Caroline Lund and Brendan Ciarán Browne | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The ongoing genocide in Gaza has starkly exposed Western governments’ […]

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Daring Look a Sacred Cow in the Teeth: Military Spending and National (in)Security

Daring Look a Sacred Cow in the Teeth: Military Spending and National (in)Security

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In an age when American presidents routinely boast of having the world’s finest military, where nearly trillion-dollar war budgets are now […]

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Climate Crisis
First US Offshore Wind Farm goes Live off Long Island in Omen of a Green Future, Cheaper Electricity

First US Offshore Wind Farm goes Live off Long Island in Omen of a Green Future, Cheaper Electricity

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This past week, the United States joined the rest of the advanced industrial countries in the world in having at […]

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Climate Crisis
If trees could talk: Tree rings show recent decades warmest in 500 years

If trees could talk: Tree rings show recent decades warmest in 500 years

By Alex Hager/KUNC ( Cronkite News ) The current Western megadrought is unlike any other dry period the region has experienced over the past 500 […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Sudan: Urgent Action Needed on Hunger Crisis

Sudan: Urgent Action Needed on Hunger Crisis

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