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A Dangerous Profession, from Palestine to Iran:  When Journalists are the Target
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A Dangerous Profession, from Palestine to Iran: When Journalists are the Target

Fariba Amini

“Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.” – ― Stefan […]

How the UN Can Act Decisively to End Genocide in Gaza

How the UN Can Act Decisively to End Genocide in Gaza

09/03/2025 By Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Researching the Roots of War to Fight Militarism

Researching the Roots of War to Fight Militarism

09/03/2025 By William D. Hartung

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58% Depressed: The Racism of Israel’s Apartheid Regime toward Palestinians Shows in their Mental Health

58% Depressed: The Racism of Israel’s Apartheid Regime toward Palestinians Shows in their Mental Health

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – While the Democrats in Washington, D.C. conduct a bizarre debate about whether Israel is a racist state, The World Bank […]

Juan Cole

Central America
The Crimes and Dangers of Elliott Abrams: Why Biden Should not Appoint Him

The Crimes and Dangers of Elliott Abrams: Why Biden Should not Appoint Him

Ariel Gold and Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler      ( Waging Nonviolence ) – It was a bright sunny March morning in 1980. Archbishop Oscar […]

Waging Nonviolence

Authoritarianism
Protests Erupt In Northern Iran Amid Attempts To Enforce Hijab Rules

Protests Erupt In Northern Iran Amid Attempts To Enforce Hijab Rules

( RFE/ RL ) – Protests have erupted in the northern Iranian city of Rasht following an attempt by government officials to arrest three women […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Displaced and Refugees
Anti-refugee Rhetoric and the new Far-Right on Turkish Social Media

Anti-refugee Rhetoric and the new Far-Right on Turkish Social Media

Written bysencerodabasi     There is a wave of anti-refugee rhetoric running amok on Turkish social media. From openly racist statements made by far-right political […]

Global Voices

Far Right
Israel Moves toward "Dictatorship" and Polarization, as one Likud Activist lauds the Targeting of Ashkenazi Jews in the Holocaust

Israel Moves toward “Dictatorship” and Polarization, as one Likud Activist lauds the Targeting of Ashkenazi Jews in the Holocaust

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the eve of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s controversial visit to the United States, which several members of Congress say […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The Big Money behind the Fight to Ban Environmentally and Socially Conscious Investing

The Big Money behind the Fight to Ban Environmentally and Socially Conscious Investing

by Jessica Church ( Inequality.org ) – In a recent Gallup poll, the vast majority of Americans surveyed said they were not even “somewhat familiar” […]

Inequality.org

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis: Northern Europe faces biggest relative Increase in Uncomfortable Heat and Air Conditioning will only make things Worse

Climate Crisis: Northern Europe faces biggest relative Increase in Uncomfortable Heat and Air Conditioning will only make things Worse

By Jesus Lizana, University of Oxford; Nicole Miranda, University of Oxford; and Radhika Khosla, University of Oxford | – Limiting the global temperature rise to […]

The Conversation

Mental Health
Hunting the Military Extremist: How Disturbed is the U.S. Military?

Hunting the Military Extremist: How Disturbed is the U.S. Military?

By Nan Levinson ( Tomdispatch.com) – In April, when Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman with a top-secret clearance, was arrested for posting […]

Tomdispatch

Democratic Party
Progressive Dem Caucus Chair Condemns Israel as a Racist State, says Palestinian Statehood increasingly "not Possible"

Progressive Dem Caucus Chair Condemns Israel as a Racist State, says Palestinian Statehood increasingly “not Possible”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Update: See Rep. Jayapal’s clarification below. Remarks Saturday by Rep. Pramila Jayapal may signal the end of the “liberal except […]

Juan Cole

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Local Journalists and Fixers are being Killed by Israel at unprecedented Rates in Gaza. Can anyone protect them?

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