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The Assault on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: The US v. Canada
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The Assault on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: The US v. Canada

Hugh J. Curran

“These first few months  [have resulted] in the Trump administration’s cuts to scientific and medical research, clampdown on any efforts promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), newly aggressive policies for […]

How Israel’s Domestic Crises and Netanyahu’s Power Projection are Reshaping the Middle East

How Israel’s Domestic Crises and Netanyahu’s Power Projection are Reshaping the Middle East

06/27/2025 By The Conversation

Republicans and Climate Breakdown: They Know Better

Republicans and Climate Breakdown: They Know Better

06/27/2025 By William deBuys

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Why the Oath Keepers looks an Awful lot like al-Qaeda and Trump is its Usama Bin Laden

Why the Oath Keepers looks an Awful lot like al-Qaeda and Trump is its Usama Bin Laden

Revised. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Although the Congressional inquiry into the Jan. 6 insurrection is releasing new information about the ties between the White […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Why Muslim countries are quick at condemning Defamation – but often ignore Rights Violations against Muslim Minorities

Why Muslim countries are quick at condemning Defamation – but often ignore Rights Violations against Muslim Minorities

By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University | – The Indian government finds itself in a diplomatic crisis following offensive remarks by the ruling […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Is it now a Crime to Support Palestinian Rights?

Is it now a Crime to Support Palestinian Rights?

By Yara Hawari | – ( Al-Shabaka ) A new wave of repressive UK government policies aims to suppress protest and political expression, posing a […]

Yara Hawari

Bashar al-Assad
With Putin bogged down in Ukraine, will the Syrian Civil War Reignite?

With Putin bogged down in Ukraine, will the Syrian Civil War Reignite?

By Muhammad Hussein | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Pivotal moments in history rarely present themselves, but when they do, that is exactly what […]

Middle East Monitor

Batteries
California Milestone:  State for First Time briefly Generates 103% of its Electricity from Renewables

California Milestone: State for First Time briefly Generates 103% of its Electricity from Renewables

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On one day in May, Lauren Sommer at NPR reported, California ran for several hours on 103% renewable electricity, which […]

Juan Cole

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How Long Will We Sacrifice Our Kids to the Gun Lobby’s Paranoia?

How Long Will We Sacrifice Our Kids to the Gun Lobby’s Paranoia?

( Otherwords ) – Mass shootings are good for gun sales. In the days following the horrific school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, firearm stocks rose. […]

Sonali Kolhatkar

Climate Change
Lessons in Activism: How Australia’s expanding environmental Movement is breaking the Climate Action Deadlock in Politics

Lessons in Activism: How Australia’s expanding environmental Movement is breaking the Climate Action Deadlock in Politics

By Robyn Gulliver, The University of Queensland | – The federal election saw voters’ growing concern about Australia’s laggardly response to climate change finally addressed, […]

The Conversation

Guns
A Country Armed to the Teeth: And Strutting Toward the Apocalypse

A Country Armed to the Teeth: And Strutting Toward the Apocalypse

By Robert Lipsyte | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The gun I carried on the streets of New York City in the late 1960s was […]

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Conspiracy Theories
What did the President Know and When did He Know it? Trump's 7-Part Plan and the Insurrection

What did the President Know and When did He Know it? Trump’s 7-Part Plan and the Insurrection

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – When the news of the burglary at the Democratic campaign headquarters in the Watergate building broke, it wasn’t initially clear […]

Juan Cole

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