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A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad
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A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – Osamah F. Khalil, A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad from Kennedy to Biden. Cambridge (MA) and London: Harvard […]

California Democrats push to block ICE from Schools, Hospitals and Shelters

California Democrats push to block ICE from Schools, Hospitals and Shelters

06/08/2025 By Cal Matters

Trump’s Middle East Pivot aims to counter China’s rising Influence

Trump’s Middle East Pivot aims to counter China’s rising Influence

06/08/2025 By The Conversation

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America, the Unhappy:  Lonely, Suspicious, Gun-ridden, and Stingy, the US Ranks Low for Well-Being

America, the Unhappy: Lonely, Suspicious, Gun-ridden, and Stingy, the US Ranks Low for Well-Being

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The 2025 “World Happiness Report,” produced by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, powered by Gallup analytics […]

Juan Cole

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Unenforced ICC Arrest Warrants are just Part of the wider Israel impunity Framework

Unenforced ICC Arrest Warrants are just Part of the wider Israel impunity Framework

Unenforced ICC arrest warrants are just part of the wider Zionist impunity framework ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will […]

Ramona Wadi

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Microplastics Hinder Plants’ Photosynthesis, threatening Massive Crop and Seafood Losses

Microplastics Hinder Plants’ Photosynthesis, threatening Massive Crop and Seafood Losses

By Jack Marley, The Conversation (The Conversation) – A graph I saw in high school appeared to show the Earth breathing. It was a graph […]

The Conversation

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CO2 in Atmosphere Higher than in 2 Million Years, with 2024 the Hottest Year Ever Recorded

CO2 in Atmosphere Higher than in 2 Million Years, with 2024 the Hottest Year Ever Recorded

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The annual report of the World Meteorological Organization concludes that in 2023, the latest year for which a complete analysis […]

Juan Cole

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Middle Eastern Monarchies in Sudan’s War: what’s driving their Interests

Middle Eastern Monarchies in Sudan’s War: what’s driving their Interests

By Federico Donelli, University of Trieste (The Conversation) – The civil war in Sudan that began in April 2023 involves several external actors. The conflict […]

The Conversation

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Trump’s Shock and Awe:  Move Fast and Break Things

Trump’s Shock and Awe: Move Fast and Break Things

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Yes, “shock and awe” is back in the second age of Donald Trump. His border czar, Tom Homan, used that very […]

Tom Engelhardt

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“Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza:” Peter Beinart in Conversation with Juan Cole

“Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza:” Peter Beinart in Conversation with Juan Cole

Peter Beinart in conversation with Juan Cole on Beinart’s book, “Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning”; Program in Arab and Muslim American […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting Children – new UN Report

Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting Children – new UN Report

By Rachel Rosen, UCL and Mai Abu Moghli, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (The Conversation) – A fresh round of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza which […]

The Conversation

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Free Online Films on Palestine

Free Online Films on Palestine

A colleague writes to the University of Michigan Academic Freedom Network: In light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have […]

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