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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives
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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]

Syria faces renewed Sectarian Violence as Government Fails to deliver Inclusivity

Syria faces renewed Sectarian Violence as Government Fails to deliver Inclusivity

05/14/2025 By The Conversation

Can we Even Remember it? How America was Disappeared before our Eyes

Can we Even Remember it? How America was Disappeared before our Eyes

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No, Trump’s Arrest won’t be Unprecedented for an Executive Officer:  Former Vice President Aaron Burr was Arrested and Tried

No, Trump’s Arrest won’t be Unprecedented for an Executive Officer: Former Vice President Aaron Burr was Arrested and Tried

Revised. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United States does not have much of a history of holding its high office-holders to account. No former […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Legacy of a Palestinian Educator: Honoring Saniya Nusseibeh’s Journey as a Teacher on Land Day

Legacy of a Palestinian Educator: Honoring Saniya Nusseibeh’s Journey as a Teacher on Land Day

Sanaiyeh’s story: The unwavering pursuit of educating Palestinian girls. Written byمدونة خزائن khazaaen Translated bySarah Khaled سارة خالد Translated byMariam A. Translation posted 30 March […]

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Climate Crisis
Germany’s Heat Pump Boom Causes its Biggest Chip Maker to Expand

Germany’s Heat Pump Boom Causes its Biggest Chip Maker to Expand

By Edgar Meza | – Handelsblatt ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany’s shift away from Russian gas, coupled with government plans to phase out […]

Clean Energy Wire

Displaced and Refugees
In Turkey, Women are feeling the worst Aftershocks of the earthquake Disaster and wondering where the Government is

In Turkey, Women are feeling the worst Aftershocks of the earthquake Disaster and wondering where the Government is

By Willow Kreutzer, University of Iowa and Stephen Bagwell, University of Missouri-St. Louis | – When natural disasters strike, women and girls tend to experience […]

The Conversation

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Trump and the Triviality of Evil

Trump and the Triviality of Evil

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A New York Grand Jury empaneled by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has indicted the former president, Donald John Trump. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Solar and Wind to Supply 16% of US Electricity this Year, But some States are in the Vanguard

Solar and Wind to Supply 16% of US Electricity this Year, But some States are in the Vanguard

By: By Robert Zullo –   Despite supply-chain problems amid the lingering effects of the pandemic, 2022 saw major increases in solar and wind power […]

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Iran
What does “Secularism” mean in the Iran Protests?

What does “Secularism” mean in the Iran Protests?

By Roodabeh Dehghani, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa | – Since the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini in September 2022, much has been said and written […]

The Conversation

US politics
America’s Callous disregard for its Veterans after the Wars are Over

America’s Callous disregard for its Veterans after the Wars are Over

( Tomdispatch.com) – Here’s something we seldom focus on when it comes to war, American-style, even during the just-passed 20th anniversary of our disastrous invasion […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Climate Crisis
Game-Changer: Tiny Islands of Vanuatu Convince UN to seek Int'l Court Ruling on Harms of Climate Emergency

Game-Changer: Tiny Islands of Vanuatu Convince UN to seek Int’l Court Ruling on Harms of Climate Emergency

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Vanuatu, a set of South Pacific islands, is not what you would call a prominent international player. The small country […]

Juan Cole

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