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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel
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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, passed a resolution asking European Union member states to recognize a Palestinian […]

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

09/12/2025 By The Conversation

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

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58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change – we scoured 77,000 studies to map the pathways

58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change – we scoured 77,000 studies to map the pathways

By Tristan McKenzie, University of Gothenburg; Camilo Mora, University of Hawaii; and Hannah von Hammerstein, University of Hawaii | – Climate change can exacerbate a […]

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Why the Right Wingers in Israel and the US Really Oppose Iran Nuclear Deal: They want Regime Change Instead

Why the Right Wingers in Israel and the US Really Oppose Iran Nuclear Deal: They want Regime Change Instead

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Right wing Israeli politicians such as former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and even centrist politicians like caretaker Prime Minister Yair […]

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The Inflation Reduction Act's Incentives are a Start to a Green Energy Revolution, but Now comes the Hard Work

The Inflation Reduction Act’s Incentives are a Start to a Green Energy Revolution, but Now comes the Hard Work

By Daniel Cohan, Rice University | – The new Inflation Reduction Act is stuffed with subsidies for everything from electric vehicles to heat pumps, and […]

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The US Law Restricting Satellite Imagery of Palestine-Israel

The US Law Restricting Satellite Imagery of Palestine-Israel

By Zena Agha | – ( Al-Shabaka ) – Bipartisan legislation passed by the US Congress in 1997 limits the quality and availability of satellite […]

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Climate Emergency hits China: Historic droughts trigger power Shortages in the Yangtze Basin

Climate Emergency hits China: Historic droughts trigger power Shortages in the Yangtze Basin

( China Dialogue ) – Since mid-June, China has been facing the most intense and enduring heat waves since records began in 1961, according to […]

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Is US fight against Shiite Militias in Syria becoming entangled in Russia-US Ukraine Tensions?

Is US fight against Shiite Militias in Syria becoming entangled in Russia-US Ukraine Tensions?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AP reports that early today, Wednesday, the US military launched air strikes against Iran-backed Shiite militias in Deir al-Zor Province, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Gravity power holds major promise for the decarbonization of electricity grids:  Wind and solar energy get a lift from falling-weight technology

Gravity power holds major promise for the decarbonization of electricity grids: Wind and solar energy get a lift from falling-weight technology

By David Henry | – ( Landscape News) – The Energy Vault Resiliency Center, a scalable gravity-powered energy storage center that holds major promise for […]

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Digital Media and Sudan’s Revolution

By Shafie Khader Saeed | – Industrial revolutions are defined as new scientific and technological breakthroughs and innovative ways of seeing and dealing with the […]

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Slavery and War are tightly Connected – but we had no Idea just how Much until we crunched the Data

Slavery and War are tightly Connected – but we had no Idea just how Much until we crunched the Data

By Monti Datta, University of Richmond; Angharad Smith, United Nations University and Kevin Bales, University of Nottingham | – Some 40 million people are enslaved […]

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