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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
Colonialism

76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Climate Crisis
As America faces Greatest Threat in Climate Crisis, Yellow-Bellied Republican Candidates Cower in Denial

As America faces Greatest Threat in Climate Crisis, Yellow-Bellied Republican Candidates Cower in Denial

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Neil Vigdor at the NYT focuses on the short moment in the Republican Debate last night when reality intervened in […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
Israeli Media Slams Netanyahu over his accusation that every Little Guerrilla Operation in West Bank is Directed by Iran

Israeli Media Slams Netanyahu over his accusation that every Little Guerrilla Operation in West Bank is Directed by Iran

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli media outlets have criticised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he accused Iran of directing resistance counterattacks in the […]

Middle East Monitor

Acidification of Oceans
Coral Reefs:  How Human-caused Climate Change poses a dire Threat to the hidden Diversity of aquatic Ecosystems

Coral Reefs: How Human-caused Climate Change poses a dire Threat to the hidden Diversity of aquatic Ecosystems

By Samuel Starko, The University of Western Australia and Julia K. Baum, University of Victoria | – Like the heat waves on land we have […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Climate Change is now throwing at us Every Weapon in its Arsenal, from Heat Domes to Massive Wildfires, to Mega-Hurricanes

Climate Change is now throwing at us Every Weapon in its Arsenal, from Heat Domes to Massive Wildfires, to Mega-Hurricanes

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – For the most part, the earth is heating up just in the way that climate change models from a decade […]

Juan Cole

Health
End Predatory Private Medicare “Advantage” Plans Now

End Predatory Private Medicare “Advantage” Plans Now

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) — Wendell Potter, a New York Times bestselling author, highly respected health care and campaign finance reform advocate, authority […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Afghanistan
How War Divides Us:  All the Ways our 21st Century Wars have Polarized Americans

How War Divides Us: All the Ways our 21st Century Wars have Polarized Americans

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Blame Donald Trump and all too many of his followers, but don’t just blame him or them. Yes, he was indeed […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Batteries
In 2023, 86% of New Power Capacity in US will come from Renewables, with a Majority of it Solar

In 2023, 86% of New Power Capacity in US will come from Renewables, with a Majority of it Solar

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Department of Energy has announced that that in 2023, 82% of new additions to electricity generation capacity in the […]

Juan Cole

Ethiopia
Mass Killings of Ethiopian Migrants By Saudi Arabia at Yemen Border May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity

Mass Killings of Ethiopian Migrants By Saudi Arabia at Yemen Border May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity

Saudi border guards have killed at least hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who tried to cross the Yemen-Saudi border between March 2022 and […]

Human Rights Watch

Afghanistan
Afghan Refugees who aided the U.S. are Stuck in Legal Limbo 2 Years after Kabul’s Fall

Afghan Refugees who aided the U.S. are Stuck in Legal Limbo 2 Years after Kabul’s Fall

By: Ariana Figueroa – ( Georgia Recorder ) – WASHINGTON —  Two years ago, Farzana Jamalzada and her husband made the difficult decision to separately […]

Georgia Recorder

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