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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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Guns in the US:  Why the NRA is so Successful at preventing Reform

Guns in the US: Why the NRA is so Successful at preventing Reform

By Thomas Gift, UCL | – In the wake of the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 children and two teachers, Democrats […]

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It is now Cheaper to Switch from Coal directly to Wind and Solar than to Natural Gas

It is now Cheaper to Switch from Coal directly to Wind and Solar than to Natural Gas

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Matthew Gray at Transition Zero writes that it is now cheaper in North America and Europe to switch from coal […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Even CNN concluded that Israeli Snipers Targeted Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh; But this Tactic is Routine

Even CNN concluded that Israeli Snipers Targeted Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh; But this Tactic is Routine

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel’s public relations and diplomacy may be running into a few pitfalls, as US mainstream media outlet CNN explicitly […]

Ramona Wadi

Climate Crisis
Stinky seaweed is clogging Caribbean beaches – but a New Zealand solution could turn it into green power and fertiliser

Stinky seaweed is clogging Caribbean beaches – but a New Zealand solution could turn it into green power and fertiliser

By Saeid Baroutian, University of Auckland; and Terrell Thompson, University of Auckland | – Rotting seaweed has plagued the Caribbean for more than 10 years […]

The Conversation

CIA
The Ultimate Blowback Planet:  Remembering Chalmers Johnson

The Ultimate Blowback Planet: Remembering Chalmers Johnson

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Once upon a time, long, long ago — actually, it was early in the year 2000 — I was involved in […]

Tom Engelhardt

Climate Crisis
Chevy Bolt now Least Expensive EV in US Market, as Studies show they cut Carbon by ~70% over ICE Cars

Chevy Bolt now Least Expensive EV in US Market, as Studies show they cut Carbon by ~70% over ICE Cars

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – General Motors has just slashed the cost of its struggling Bolt by over 18%! If you just go by the […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Absolute Monarchy United Arab Emirates: Sweeping Legal ’Reforms’ Actually Deepen Some forms of Repression

Absolute Monarchy United Arab Emirates: Sweeping Legal ’Reforms’ Actually Deepen Some forms of Repression

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Wide-ranging legal changes introduced by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in late 2021 fail to address the longstanding and […]

Human Rights Watch

Christians
Overcoming the Distorted Narrative of Christian Nationalism

Overcoming the Distorted Narrative of Christian Nationalism

By Aaron Scott | – ( Otherwords.org ) – I grew up in a church community that pitted people against each other and called it […]

OtherWords

Climate Crisis
The ‘carbon footprint’ was co-opted by fossil fuel companies to shift climate blame – here’s how it can serve us again

The ‘carbon footprint’ was co-opted by fossil fuel companies to shift climate blame – here’s how it can serve us again

By Marcelle McManus, University of Bath | – “You can’t manage what you can’t measure”, according to a famous business mantra often attributed to management […]

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