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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis
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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll by the Sadat Center at the University of Maryland finds a sea change in the American […]

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

08/28/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

08/28/2025 By The Conversation

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Let's Celebrate Medicare's 58th Birthday with "Medicare for All"

Let’s Celebrate Medicare’s 58th Birthday with “Medicare for All”

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – In the long history of struggle to establish a national health insurance system for the USA, Medicare was […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

History
Thom Hartmann's  "The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity’s Ancient Way of Living"

Thom Hartmann’s “The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity’s Ancient Way of Living”

Thom Hartman interviewed on The Mark Thompson Show: “The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity’s Ancient Way of Living” Thom Hartmann is the host […]

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Anti-intellectualism
Conspiracy-Spewing, Anti-Vaxxer Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Gets a MAGA Boost to Weaken Biden

Conspiracy-Spewing, Anti-Vaxxer Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Gets a MAGA Boost to Weaken Biden

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The right’s thinly veiled crusade to elevate Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.–an exemplar of through-the-Black-Mirror politics […]

Dan Dinello

Human Rights
Iranian Court Sparks Controversy By Diagnosing Hijab Protesters With Mental Illness

Iranian Court Sparks Controversy By Diagnosing Hijab Protesters With Mental Illness

By Roya Maleki Left to right: Iranian actresses Afsaneh Bayegan, Azadeh Samadi, and Leila Bolukat were all arrested for appearing in public without the mandatory […]

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Climate Crisis
Could the Law of the Sea be used to protect Small Island States from Climate Change?

Could the Law of the Sea be used to protect Small Island States from Climate Change?

By Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb, The University of Melbourne; and Margaret Young, The University of Melbourne | – Climate change will wreak havoc on small island developing […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The Ugly Side of American Exceptionalism: Refusing to Play by the Rules

The Ugly Side of American Exceptionalism: Refusing to Play by the Rules

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In 1963, the summer I turned 11, my mother had a gig evaluating Peace Corps programs in Egypt and Ethiopia. My […]

Rebecca Gordon

Authoritarianism
Chaos as Israel departs the Ranks of Democracies, Adopting the Hungarian Model of Elective Dictatorship

Chaos as Israel departs the Ranks of Democracies, Adopting the Hungarian Model of Elective Dictatorship

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Monday, the Israeli parliament or Knesset passed the article removing the power […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Beating Warheads into Windmills

Beating Warheads into Windmills

By H Patricia Hynes and Timmon Wallis | – While we were planning this article, a cascade of crises shattered climate records.  July 3-6 set […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Sudan
Sudan: 70% of Hospitals not Working as Army and Rapid Support Forces Militia Continue Fierce Battles

Sudan: 70% of Hospitals not Working as Army and Rapid Support Forces Militia Continue Fierce Battles

( Middle East Monitor ) – The Sudan Doctors’ Union said yesterday that 70 per cent of hospitals are not operational in the areas where […]

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