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Global Battle Royale at COP30 between Fossil Fuel Producers and Green Energy Advocates
Climate Crisis

Global Battle Royale at COP30 between Fossil Fuel Producers and Green Energy Advocates

Juan Cole

A bloc is attempting to deep-six the pledge made at COP28 to “transition away from fossil fuels.”

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Protesting Canada’s Detention of Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk over Palestine Rights Advocacy

Protesting Canada’s Detention of Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk over Palestine Rights Advocacy

11/21/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Trump using Jews to Ban Free Speech: The Ultimate in Antisemitism

Trump using Jews to Ban Free Speech: The Ultimate in Antisemitism

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Of Course there were Africans in Middle Earth, Just as there Were in Medieval England

Of Course there were Africans in Middle Earth, Just as there Were in Medieval England

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – American white nationalism has attempted to appropriate certain cultures, times and places as quintessentially “white,” and so it is no […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
Biden Reaffirms Dreamers’ DACA Migrant youth Protections, but when will they be Legislated?

Biden Reaffirms Dreamers’ DACA Migrant youth Protections, but when will they be Legislated?

By Tristan Richards | – ( Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – The Biden administration reaffirmed its commitment last Tuesday to DACA, officially posting regulations to […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Tunisia
President Saied Derides the Economic and Social Rights of Tunisian Women

President Saied Derides the Economic and Social Rights of Tunisian Women

By Kenza Ben Azouz, Middle East and North Africa Division | – Published in: Nawaat ( Human Rights Watch) – President Kais Said marked National […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Why Desalination is Key to averting global Water Shortage, but Will Take a Lot of Work

Why Desalination is Key to averting global Water Shortage, but Will Take a Lot of Work

Kiran Tota-Maharaj, Aston University | – Clean freshwater is critical for sustaining human life. However, 1.1 billion people lack access to it worldwide. Desalination represents […]

The Conversation

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Now Israel is Occupying the Hearts of Lovers in the Palestinian West Bank

Now Israel is Occupying the Hearts of Lovers in the Palestinian West Bank

Update: Once the proposed policy got some publicity, Israeli authorities canceled the requirement that anyone who falls in love with a Palestinian in the West […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
How election-denying GOP Governors could tilt the 2024 presidential Election

How election-denying GOP Governors could tilt the 2024 presidential Election

By Kira Lerner | – ( Minnesota Reformer) – WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN – Former President Donald Trump listens as Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels speaks […]

Minnesota Reformer

Islam
In Turkey, Arrest of Pop Singer for Offending Clerics Prompts Fears of Turn to Fundamentalist Government

In Turkey, Arrest of Pop Singer for Offending Clerics Prompts Fears of Turn to Fundamentalist Government

By Arzu Geybullayeva | – Police in Turkey have arrested pop singer Gülşen (full name Gülşen Colakoglu), 46, pending trial, over a comment she made […]

Global Voices

Climate Crisis
Why defusing ‘Carbon Bombs’ offers a promising new Agenda for tackling Climate Change

Why defusing ‘Carbon Bombs’ offers a promising new Agenda for tackling Climate Change

By Kjell Kühne, University of Leeds | – A carbon bomb is a fossil fuel extraction project, such as a coal mine, that can cause […]

The Conversation

Corruption
Empty Classified Document Folders at Trump's Office at Mar-a-Lago: Where did the Docs Go?

Empty Classified Document Folders at Trump’s Office at Mar-a-Lago: Where did the Docs Go?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – District Court Judge Aileen Cannon on Friday ordered the release of the inventory of US government documents seized by the […]

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