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Stephen Colbert and I:  The Tightening of Right-Wing Censorship
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Stephen Colbert and I: The Tightening of Right-Wing Censorship

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Paramount Global corporation has fired late night comedian Stephen Colbert even though Colbert dominated his time spot. Paramount owns […]

Turkey becomes the First to Censor Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok

Turkey becomes the First to Censor Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok

07/19/2025 By Arzu Geybullayeva

Green Energy and protecting Nature get the Thumbs up in Climate Change study in 68 Countries

Green Energy and protecting Nature get the Thumbs up in Climate Change study in 68 Countries

07/19/2025 By The Conversation

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SCOTUS Dispensing with Roe v. Wade Is Attack on Religious Freedom and Jewish Law

SCOTUS Dispensing with Roe v. Wade Is Attack on Religious Freedom and Jewish Law

Oakland (Special to Informed Comment) – The leaked SCOTUS draft to overturn Roe v. Wade leaves a lot to unpack. For Jews, Muslims and other […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Russia
Did the Ukraine War lead to Turkish-Saudi Rapprochement?

Did the Ukraine War lead to Turkish-Saudi Rapprochement?

Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Turkish President Recep Erdogan visited Jeddah in July 2017 and met Saudi Arabia’s King […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Protecting Biodiversity – and making it Accessible –  has paid off for Costa Rica

Protecting Biodiversity – and making it Accessible – has paid off for Costa Rica

By Alejandra Echeverri Ochoa, Stanford University and Jeffrey R. Smith

The Conversation

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Jared Kushner to invest Saudi Funds in Israeli Tech: Is MBS sidestepping his father King Salman on Palestine?

Jared Kushner to invest Saudi Funds in Israeli Tech: Is MBS sidestepping his father King Salman on Palestine?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Dion Nissenbaum and Rory Jones at the Wall Street Journal got the scoop that Affinity, Jared Kushner’s investment firm, will […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Cole Interview: The Qur'an, the Crucifixion and Jews: Rebutting Iranian War Propaganda against Byzantium

Cole Interview: The Qur’an, the Crucifixion and Jews: Rebutting Iranian War Propaganda against Byzantium

Ziryab Jamal interviewed me on my article: Juan Cole, “‘It was made to appear to them so’: the crucifixion, Jews and Sasanian war propaganda in […]

Juan Cole

Haredim
How Long can Israel's Minority Government survive Wave of Racial, Petty Partisan Rivalries?

How Long can Israel’s Minority Government survive Wave of Racial, Petty Partisan Rivalries?

Motasem A Dalloul | – Before forming the current dilapidated government coalition last year, the Israeli occupation state went through four elections in two years. […]

Middle East Monitor

National Security State
The Last Good Guys? Five Reasons Why Washington Can’t Break Its War Addiction

The Last Good Guys? Five Reasons Why Washington Can’t Break Its War Addiction

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Why has the United States already become so heavily invested in the Russia-Ukraine war? And why has it so regularly gotten […]

William J. Astore

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US Double Standard: Russia Sanctioned for Ukraine Occupation, but 4,000 new Israeli invaders of Palestinian West Bank merely "Opposed"

US Double Standard: Russia Sanctioned for Ukraine Occupation, but 4,000 new Israeli invaders of Palestinian West Bank merely “Opposed”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Deputy Spokesperson for the State Department, Jalina Porter, on Friday condemned the Israeli government’s announcement that it would build […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Ukraine: Migrants Locked Up Near Front Lines: Free Migration Detainees; Allow Them to Leave Country for Safety

Ukraine: Migrants Locked Up Near Front Lines: Free Migration Detainees; Allow Them to Leave Country for Safety

Human Rights Watch – (Berlin) – Migrants and asylum seekers locked up in a migrant detention center in Mykolaiv on the edge of the front […]

Human Rights Watch

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

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