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Gaza: It’s not “Complicated”
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Gaza: It’s not “Complicated”

Alan Richards

Santa Cruz, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – HISTORY is always complicated. ELEMENTARY ETHICS is not. “Do not do to others what is hateful to […]

US: Lift Sanctions on Leading Palestinian Human Rights Organization

US: Lift Sanctions on Leading Palestinian Human Rights Organization

07/15/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Zohran Mamdani’s last Name reflects Centuries of intercontinental Trade, Migration and cultural Exchange

Zohran Mamdani’s last Name reflects Centuries of intercontinental Trade, Migration and cultural Exchange

07/15/2025 By The Conversation

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Is Moral Clarity even Possible anymore in Donald Trump's America?

Is Moral Clarity even Possible anymore in Donald Trump’s America?

By Kelly Denton-Borhaug | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Recent episodes of purposeful and accidental truth-telling brought to my mind the latest verbal lapse by George W. […]

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As Last Coal Plant closes, Cheap Solar Power Rescues Hawaii, which has reached ~40% Renewables

As Last Coal Plant closes, Cheap Solar Power Rescues Hawaii, which has reached ~40% Renewables

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Veteran green energy journalist Julian Spector at Canary Media tells the story of how the last-minute opening this July of […]

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Biden Calls on Syria to Return Journalist 'Disappeared' a Decade Ago

Biden Calls on Syria to Return Journalist ‘Disappeared’ a Decade Ago

( Human Rights Watch ) – Last week, US President Joe Biden declared that the US knows “with certainty” that Tice has been held by […]

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Digital Authoritarianism in Turkey

Digital Authoritarianism in Turkey

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva< | - Authoritarian regimes have long had a complicated relationship with media and communications technologies. The Unfreedom Monitor is a Global […]

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Displaced and Refugees
How displaced Syrians effectively navigated ‘border frictions’ in Lebanon and Turkey

How displaced Syrians effectively navigated ‘border frictions’ in Lebanon and Turkey

By Suzan Ilcan, University of Waterloo and Secil Dagtas, University of Waterloo | – The Syrian conflict began in early March 2011 on the heels […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Why Fightin' Joe Biden may be the most Consequential President in Forty Years

Why Fightin’ Joe Biden may be the most Consequential President in Forty Years

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Joe Biden has been easy for the pundit class to write off. He isn’t, unlike Bill Clinton or Barack Obama, […]

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Afghanistan
Taliban in Power – One Year On

Taliban in Power – One Year On

By Amina Khan | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – On 15 August 2021, the world looked on with trepidation as the situation in […]

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Faced with Extremism within its Ranks, US Military has clamped down on racist Speech, including Retweets and Likes

Faced with Extremism within its Ranks, US Military has clamped down on racist Speech, including Retweets and Likes

By Dwight Stirling, University of Southern California | – Less than a month after the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, Secretary of […]

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A Military Rich in Dollars, Poor in People:  And our Frayed Social Safety Net

A Military Rich in Dollars, Poor in People: And our Frayed Social Safety Net

Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – The American military is now having trouble recruiting enough soldiers. According to the New York Times, its ranks […]

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