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The COP30 Climate Meet had One Job, and Totally Crashed and Burned
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The COP30 Climate Meet had One Job, and Totally Crashed and Burned

Juan Cole

The bad guys included Saudi Arabia and the entire Arab bloc, along with China, India, and other nations still in thrall to Big Carbon

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West Bank: Israel Emptying Refugee Camps a Crime Against Humanity

West Bank: Israel Emptying Refugee Camps a Crime Against Humanity

11/23/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Why Israeli Soldiers and their Leaders are increasingly at Risk of Arrest Overseas

Why Israeli Soldiers and their Leaders are increasingly at Risk of Arrest Overseas

11/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Housing Is a Human Right — Governments Need to Recognize It

Housing Is a Human Right — Governments Need to Recognize It

By Farrah Hassen | ( Otherwords.org ) – In the wealthiest country on the planet, too many people still lack access to housing. The pandemic […]

OtherWords

Climate Crisis
Renewable Energy poised to overtake Coal, Providing 1/3 of Global Electricity: IEA

Renewable Energy poised to overtake Coal, Providing 1/3 of Global Electricity: IEA

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Energy Agency’s report on electricity markets is out and it has some good news. Depending on how cold […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Sinead O'Connor's Music and Life were infused with Spiritual Seeking, From the Hebrew Prophets, to Rasta, to Islam

Sinead O’Connor’s Music and Life were infused with Spiritual Seeking, From the Hebrew Prophets, to Rasta, to Islam

By Brenna Moore, Fordham University | – When news broke July 26, 2023, that the gifted Irish singer Sinead O’Connor had died, stories of her […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Navajo Nation Declares State of Emergency due to Extreme Heat

Navajo Nation Declares State of Emergency due to Extreme Heat

By: Shondiin Silversmith – (AZ Mirror ) With temperatures hitting well above 110 degrees in the southern parts of Arizona, the Navajo Nation in the […]

AZ Mirror

Climate Crisis
City of Berlin adopts $5.2 bilion Climate Protection Fund to Reduce Fossil Fuel Dependency

City of Berlin adopts $5.2 bilion Climate Protection Fund to Reduce Fossil Fuel Dependency

By Jennifer Collins | – Clean Energy Wire / Tagesspiegel / RBB ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Berlin’s Senate has adopted a five-billion-euro climate […]

Clean Energy Wire

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The Other Sinead O'Connor, Pro-Palestinian Critic of Violent Israeli Extremist Ben-Gvir, and Muslim Convert

The Other Sinead O’Connor, Pro-Palestinian Critic of Violent Israeli Extremist Ben-Gvir, and Muslim Convert

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tragically, Sinead O’Connor is dead at 56. Many of the obituaries of Irish protest singer have been oddly thin, and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatter-Settlers Rampage in Palestinian-Americans’ West Bank Hometown

Israeli Squatter-Settlers Rampage in Palestinian-Americans’ West Bank Hometown

Eric Goldstein goldsteinricky     ( Middle East Monitor ) – When Kayed Abu Awwad sold his home in Oak Lawn, Illinois, in June, he […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Is Washington invested in Israeli Apartheid toward Palestinians?

Is Washington invested in Israeli Apartheid toward Palestinians?

By M. Muhannad Ayyash, Mount Royal University | – During his recent trip to the United States, Israeli President Isaac Herzog gave a speech before […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
That other War:  Struggle and Suffering in Sudan

That other War: Struggle and Suffering in Sudan

By Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox It’s been devastating, even if no one’s paying attention. Three months of fighting in Sudan between the army […]

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