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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel
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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, passed a resolution asking European Union member states to recognize a Palestinian […]

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

09/12/2025 By The Conversation

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

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Another Day, another Israeli Pogrom Against Occupied Palestinians; or, Echoes of the Sudetenland

Another Day, another Israeli Pogrom Against Occupied Palestinians; or, Echoes of the Sudetenland

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A civil war is raging in Israel-Palestine, and the outcome won’t be pretty for anyone, including Americans. Fascist Israeli squatters […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court

Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court

By Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski | – ( ProPublica ) -In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a […]

ProPublica

Health Care
States are Shrinking number of Medicaid Recipients, but Everyone would Benefit from its Expansion

States are Shrinking number of Medicaid Recipients, but Everyone would Benefit from its Expansion

Gainesville, Florida — When the COVID-19/pandemic-era ‘continuous coverage’ Federal requirement ended recently, states could resume eligibility checks that can purge people from Medicaid rolls. Many […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Islam
Islam’s call to prayer is ringing out in more US cities – affirming a long and growing presence of Muslims in America

Islam’s call to prayer is ringing out in more US cities – affirming a long and growing presence of Muslims in America

By Leila Tarakji, Michigan State University | – Minneapolis recently became the first major U.S. city to allow the “adhan,” or Muslim call to prayer, […]

The Conversation

Bangladesh
The Modern Form of Colonialism: Climate Change

The Modern Form of Colonialism: Climate Change

  By Tapti Sen ( Inequality.org ) – I am from a disappearing nation. My country, Bangladesh, is one of several at risk of becoming […]

Inequality.org

Bangladesh
Climate Crisis: Himalaya Glacier Melt Feeds India’s and Pakistan’s Rivers, but 80% of Lower Level Glacier Mass could be gone this Century

Climate Crisis: Himalaya Glacier Melt Feeds India’s and Pakistan’s Rivers, but 80% of Lower Level Glacier Mass could be gone this Century

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new report on ice in the Himalayas issued by The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) finds that […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Rights Groups Face Existential Threat: Human Rights Watch Oral Statement

Palestinian Rights Groups Face Existential Threat: Human Rights Watch Oral Statement

53rd Session UN Human Rights Council Item 2 – Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Hurricanes push heat deeper into the Ocean than Scientists realized, boosting long-term Ocean Warming

Hurricanes push heat deeper into the Ocean than Scientists realized, boosting long-term Ocean Warming

By Noel Gutiérrez Brizuela, University of California, San Diego and Sally Warner, Brandeis University | – (The Conversation) – When a hurricane hits land, the […]

The Conversation

Militarization
The Ultimate All-American Slush Fund: How a New Budget Loophole could send Pentagon Spending Soaring even Higher

The Ultimate All-American Slush Fund: How a New Budget Loophole could send Pentagon Spending Soaring even Higher

By Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung ( Tomdispatch.com ) – On June 3rd, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that lifted the […]

William D. Hartung

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