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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

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Climate Emergency: Intense Downpours, Flash Floods will Increasingly Strike Britain

Climate Emergency: Intense Downpours, Flash Floods will Increasingly Strike Britain

By Elizabeth Kendon, University of Bristol | – (The Conversation) – In July 2021, Kew in London experienced a month’s rain in just three hours. […]

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Health Care
Two Mothers: Dying with Dignity and What Makes that Possible

Two Mothers: Dying with Dignity and What Makes that Possible

By Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – So many crises — from war to mass species die-offs to climate meltdown […]

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Batteries
Iran discovered to have 10% of World's Lithium Deposits, in Good News for China's EV Industry

Iran discovered to have 10% of World’s Lithium Deposits, in Good News for China’s EV Industry

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Indian Express reports from Iran’s PressTV that the country has discovered a deposit of 8.5 million tons of lithium […]

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Corporations
Before RR Co. Norfolk Southern Poisoned Palestine, Oh., It Poisoned the Ohio Statehouse

Before RR Co. Norfolk Southern Poisoned Palestine, Oh., It Poisoned the Ohio Statehouse

The company plied state lawmakers with cash and lobbied against common sense rail safety measures.   By Jim Hightower | ( Otherwords.org – “The Wreck […]

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Afghanistan
Women’s Sports Going Downhill In Afghanistan As Taliban Denies The Right To Ski

Women’s Sports Going Downhill In Afghanistan As Taliban Denies The Right To Ski

By Mansoor Khosrow | – ( RFE/ RL ) – The majestic mountains in the central province of Bamiyan are known as Afghanistan’s skiing capital. […]

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Bill of Rights
Why Tennessee’s Law limiting Drag Performances likely violates the First Amendment

Why Tennessee’s Law limiting Drag Performances likely violates the First Amendment

By Mark Satta, Wayne State University | – (The Conversation) – On March 2, 2023, Tennessee became the first state to enact a law restricting […]

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Corruption
37 Israeli ‘Top Guns’ Boycott Training to Protest Gutting of Courts; Most El Al Pilots decline to fly PM to Italy

37 Israeli ‘Top Guns’ Boycott Training to Protest Gutting of Courts; Most El Al Pilots decline to fly PM to Italy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli Air Force, like its other armed forces, heavily depends on reservists. That was why Egypt was able to […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
How to beat the Fracking Frenzy--Lessons from the Campaign that ended it in Ireland

How to beat the Fracking Frenzy–Lessons from the Campaign that ended it in Ireland

The successful Irish anti-fracking struggle offers key insights on community power building for anti-extraction movements all over the world. Jamie Gorman

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Greening from the Bottom:  Look to the Cities for new Climate Solutions

Greening from the Bottom: Look to the Cities for new Climate Solutions

By Christof Brandtner, EM Lyon Business School | – (The Conversation) – A little over three months after the COP27 climate summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh drew […]

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