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The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict
Donald Trump

The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict

Volkan Isbasaran

On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with US President Donald Trump on the margins of the NATO summit at the Hague. His office […]

How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?

How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?

06/25/2025 By Rebecca Gordon

Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

06/25/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Displaced and Refugees
Cities like Homs and Kharkiv show how Homes, Streets and Neighbourhoods have become the Frontline in modern Warfare

Cities like Homs and Kharkiv show how Homes, Streets and Neighbourhoods have become the Frontline in modern Warfare

By Ammar Azzouz, University of Oxford | – (The Conversation) – It has been almost 12 years since I left my city. And I have […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Labor Day: Is Biden's Green Energy IRA the most Pro-Worker Legislation in Decades?

Labor Day: Is Biden’s Green Energy IRA the most Pro-Worker Legislation in Decades?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden’s signature piece of legislation that was passed with no Republican support, contains $369 billion […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
On Labor Day: Low-Wage Employers say they Have no Money for Raises, but spent $341 Billion on Stock Buybacks

On Labor Day: Low-Wage Employers say they Have no Money for Raises, but spent $341 Billion on Stock Buybacks

By Sarah Anderson ( Inequality.org ) – In response to strikes and union organizing drives, corporate leaders routinely insist that they simply lack the wherewithal […]

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Climate Crisis
Evidence that Gas and Oil are Bad for Our and the Planet's Health is Piling Up, but Governments turn a Blind Eye

Evidence that Gas and Oil are Bad for Our and the Planet’s Health is Piling Up, but Governments turn a Blind Eye

By Melissa Haswell, University of Sydney; David Shearman, University of Adelaide; Jacob Hegedus, University of Sydney; and Lisa Jackson Pulver, University of Sydney | – […]

The Conversation

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Belgian Minister says what Biden won't: Israel is wiping Entire Palestinian Villages off the Map

Belgian Minister says what Biden won’t: Israel is wiping Entire Palestinian Villages off the Map

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I heard Noam Chomsky speak in my youth about the press coverage of the Middle East in the United States, […]

Juan Cole

art and photography
From Gaza: Does creativity only come from misery?

From Gaza: Does creativity only come from misery?

Written byWe Are Not Numbers   This story was first published by We Are Not Numbers.  It was written by Dana Besaiso. An edited version […]

Global Voices

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis: North America's Summer of wildfire Smoke -- 2023 was only the Beginning

Climate Crisis: North America’s Summer of wildfire Smoke — 2023 was only the Beginning

By Charles O. Stanier, University of Iowa; Gregory Carmichael, University of Iowa; and Peter S. Thorne, University of Iowa | – Canada’s seemingly endless wildfires […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Idalia:  DeSantis may not want to "politicize" Climate Change, but Climate Change is determined to Politicize DeSantis

Idalia: DeSantis may not want to “politicize” Climate Change, but Climate Change is determined to Politicize DeSantis

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, on being asked about human-caused climate change, said he did not want to “politicize the weather.” […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghanistan is among Top 10 Countries facing Severe Climate Impacts, and Must not be Excluded from Talks:  UN

Afghanistan is among Top 10 Countries facing Severe Climate Impacts, and Must not be Excluded from Talks: UN

By RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service ( RFE/ RL ) – A top UN official expressed concerns that Afghanistan has been excluded from global discussions on climate […]

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