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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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Climate Crisis
The Rich produce the most Heat-Trapping CO2, but Heat Waves hit the Poorest Hardest

The Rich produce the most Heat-Trapping CO2, but Heat Waves hit the Poorest Hardest

By Mojtaba Sadegh, John Abatzoglou, and Mohammad Reza Alizadeh | – Spend time in a developing country during a heat wave and it quickly becomes […]

The Conversation

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Iraq Pays off $52.4 bn. in Reparations for Invading Kuwait in 1990, but the US will Never Pay a Dime for Invading Iraq

Iraq Pays off $52.4 bn. in Reparations for Invading Kuwait in 1990, but the US will Never Pay a Dime for Invading Iraq

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Stephanie Nebehay at Reuters reports that Iraq has finally paid off the $52.4 billion in war reparations imposed on it […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Why isn't US Media Screaming that the Republican Party Is Now Openly Against Democracy?

Why isn’t US Media Screaming that the Republican Party Is Now Openly Against Democracy?

( Otherwords.org ) – If you’re the sort of person who follows the news, you’ve probably heard a good bit lately about podcaster Joe Rogan, […]

Peter Certo

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians under Israeli Occupation face urgent healthcare Crisis in Gaza

Palestinians under Israeli Occupation face urgent healthcare Crisis in Gaza

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Eleven-year-old Amal Lubbad was deep in thought when I met her in what has […]

Middle East Monitor

Judaism
Whoopi Goldberg awkwardly demonstrates how the idea of race varies by place and changes over time

Whoopi Goldberg awkwardly demonstrates how the idea of race varies by place and changes over time

By Robyn Autry | – Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of ABC’s “The View,” set off a firestorm when she insisted on Jan. 31, 2022 that the […]

The Conversation

Batteries
Biden's Moonshot: Announces Green Race with China for Electric Vehicle Dominance as MSM Misses Story

Biden’s Moonshot: Announces Green Race with China for Electric Vehicle Dominance as MSM Misses Story

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Biden admitted on Tuesday that, regarding electric vehicles, “China has been the — leading that race up to now. […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Banning ‘Maus’ only exposes the significance of this searing graphic novel about the Holocaust

Banning ‘Maus’ only exposes the significance of this searing graphic novel about the Holocaust

By Biz Nijdam | – A school board in Tennessee voted unanimously in favour of removing the graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman from its […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Letter protesting Israeli Troops' Invasion of Birzeit University and Assault on Palestinian Students

Letter protesting Israeli Troops’ Invasion of Birzeit University and Assault on Palestinian Students

From Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association of North America. Prime Minister Naftali Bennet et al… Fax: +972-2-5664838 Dear Prime Minister, Ministers, Brigadier-General, […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Russia
How Did We Get Here?  The Strategic Blunder of the 1990s That Set the Stage for Today's Ukrainian Crisis

How Did We Get Here? The Strategic Blunder of the 1990s That Set the Stage for Today’s Ukrainian Crisis

( Tomdispatch.com) – Understandably enough, commentaries on the crisis between Russia and the West tend to dwell on Ukraine. After all, more than 100,000 Russian […]

Rajan Menon

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