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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist
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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist

Norman Solomon

Trump and his MAGA followers are hardly going to forsake their standard mix of bigotry, anti-immigrant mania and other political toxins

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MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

11/26/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

Ozymandias on the Potomac:  Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

Ozymandias on the Potomac: Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

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Tunisia: Crisis as Black Africans Expelled to Libya Border

Tunisia: Crisis as Black Africans Expelled to Libya Border

( Human Rights Watch) – (Tunis) – Tunisian security forces have collectively expelled several hundred Black African migrants and asylum seekers, including children and pregnant […]

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Far Right
The Stabbing attack against women at the U. of Waterloo underscores the Dangers of Polarizing Rhetoric about Gender

The Stabbing attack against women at the U. of Waterloo underscores the Dangers of Polarizing Rhetoric about Gender

By Shana MacDonald, University of Waterloo and Alysia Kolentsis, University of Waterloo | – In the wake of the recent stabbing attack on a University […]

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Turkiye's Erdogan Urges NATO membership for Ukraine, but Stiff-Arms Sweden over Kurdish Issue

Turkiye’s Erdogan Urges NATO membership for Ukraine, but Stiff-Arms Sweden over Kurdish Issue

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan invited Ukraine’s leader, Volodomir Zelensky, to Istanbul for consultations. Zelensky arrived late on Friday and met […]

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Israel/ Palestine
The Israeli Far Right's Alliance with PM Netanyahu is Leading the Mideast into Madness

The Israeli Far Right’s Alliance with PM Netanyahu is Leading the Mideast into Madness

Amr Hamzawy     ( Middle East Monitor ) – Once again, the extreme religious right in Israel demonstrates its never-ending racism, violence and inhumanity […]

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Batteries
Shifting to Electric Vehicle Fleets Would save State, Local Governments Millions

Shifting to Electric Vehicle Fleets Would save State, Local Governments Millions

  Liam Coates/Cronkite News ( Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – Arizona governments could save almost $283 million over the next 10 years if roughly 20,000 […]

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Climate Crisis
Why are so Many Climate Records breaking all at Once?

Why are so Many Climate Records breaking all at Once?

By Kimberley Reid, Monash University | – (The Conversation) – In the past few weeks, climate records have shattered across the globe. July 4 was […]

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Climate Crisis
Average Earth Temperature this week was Highest in at least 120,000 Years, When Modern Homo Sapiens was a Young Species

Average Earth Temperature this week was Highest in at least 120,000 Years, When Modern Homo Sapiens was a Young Species

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The earth is getting especially hot this year, as record after record falls. Seth Borenstein at AP reports that three […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel's attack on Jenin Created 4,000 New Refugees; Palestinians have been endlessly Displaced since 1948

Israel’s attack on Jenin Created 4,000 New Refugees; Palestinians have been endlessly Displaced since 1948

By Anne Irfan, UCL | – (The Conversation) – The Israeli army’s recent attack on Jenin refugee camp resulted in 13 deaths (12 Palestinians, including […]

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Climate Crisis
Germany: Sales of Battery Powered EVS up 31% Year over Year in First Half of 2023

Germany: Sales of Battery Powered EVS up 31% Year over Year in First Half of 2023

By Carolina Kyllmann | – Clean Energy Wire / Zeit Online ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Car registrations in Germany have risen by 13 […]

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