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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

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African-Americans
Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen

Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen

By Aram Goudsouzian | – In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of the […]

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Climate Crisis
Don't Look Down: Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier could Shatter in 10 years, Endangering 1 Bn. in Coastal Cities

Don’t Look Down: Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier could Shatter in 10 years, Endangering 1 Bn. in Coastal Cities

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – How fast will the sea level rise and how many people will that affect during the next 30 years? The […]

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Climate Crisis
German registrations of purely electric cars soar 83 percent in 2021 Cars

German registrations of purely electric cars soar 83 percent in 2021 Cars

By Kerstine Appunn | – Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany saw a 10 percent decrease in new car registrations in 2021 compared to the […]

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Israel
In Human Rights Violation, Israel is holding 500 People without Charge or Trial, including 6 Children

In Human Rights Violation, Israel is holding 500 People without Charge or Trial, including 6 Children

( Middle East Monitor ) – The Palestinian people rightly saluted Hisham Abu Hawash as a brave man who was prepared to die in pursuit […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Capitol assault: the real reason Trump and the crowd almost killed US democracy

Capitol assault: the real reason Trump and the crowd almost killed US democracy

By Stephen Reicher, Alex Haslam, Evangelos Ntontis, and Klara Jurstakova | – It was the moment that could have brought US democracy to its knees. […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Dick Cheney says he doesn't Recognize current GOP, but he Helped pave way for Insurrection

Dick Cheney says he doesn’t Recognize current GOP, but he Helped pave way for Insurrection

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Former Vice President Dick Cheney accompanied his daughter, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), to the Capitol on Thursday to join the […]

Juan Cole

Antisemitism
The Capitol Insurrectionists came for America with Bibles, Guns and a Messianic Trumpism

The Capitol Insurrectionists came for America with Bibles, Guns and a Messianic Trumpism

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – At Christian Nationalist conferences , “ . . . resistance to Mr. Trump is tantamount to resistance to […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Authoritarianism
How democracy gets eroded – lessons from a Nixon expert

How democracy gets eroded – lessons from a Nixon expert

By Ken Hughes | – Now that a full year has passed since the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, the 2020 election and […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
Is America a Nation Coming Apart?

Is America a Nation Coming Apart?

By Tom Engelhardt | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Let me start 2022 by heading back — way, way back — for a moment. It’s easy […]

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