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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis
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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll by the Sadat Center at the University of Maryland finds a sea change in the American […]

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

08/28/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

08/28/2025 By The Conversation

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Gitmo’s Shameful Twentieth Anniversary

Gitmo’s Shameful Twentieth Anniversary

By Farrah Hassen | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The U.S. prison at the Guantánamo Bay naval base reached its shameful 20th anniversary […]

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Batteries
The Best Battery is Nature's Own:  How Pumped Hydro is the Future of Renewables

The Best Battery is Nature’s Own: How Pumped Hydro is the Future of Renewables

By Andrew Blakers,Bin Lu, and Matthew Stocks | – To cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half within a decade, the Biden administration’s goal, the […]

The Conversation

Economy
160 mn. Fell into Poverty during Pandemic as 10 Wealthiest Men doubled Wealth to $1.5 Trillion (Oxfam)

160 mn. Fell into Poverty during Pandemic as 10 Wealthiest Men doubled Wealth to $1.5 Trillion (Oxfam)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The charitable organization Oxfam reports this week that 160 million people fell into poverty during the past two years of […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Juan Cole’s New Book “Peace Movements in Islam” – Interview by Jadaliya

Juan Cole’s New Book “Peace Movements in Islam” – Interview by Jadaliya

Via: Texts out Now: Jadaliya (Excerpt from the Jadaliya Interview – go to original site for full text.): Jadaliyya (J): What made you edit this […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Taliban 2.0 aren’t so different from the first regime, after all

Taliban 2.0 aren’t so different from the first regime, after all

By Atal Ahmadzai and Faten Ghosn | – The international community is closely monitoring the Taliban, after the group re-seized power in Afghanistan in August […]

The Conversation

nuclear weapons
Only Fools Replay Doomsday: The Cold War, Reborn and Resurgent

Only Fools Replay Doomsday: The Cold War, Reborn and Resurgent

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In the early 1960s, at the height of America’s original Cold War with the Soviet Union, my old service branch, the […]

William J. Astore

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Scotland alone to nearly Double all the Offshore Wind in the World with new ScotWind Facilities

Scotland alone to nearly Double all the Offshore Wind in the World with new ScotWind Facilities

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – James Murray at BusinessGreen reports that 17 new massive offshore wind projects have been authorized off Scotland that collectively would […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
Covid-19 infections soar to record 570,000 new cases in Middle East in past Week

Covid-19 infections soar to record 570,000 new cases in Middle East in past Week

( Al-Bab.com ) – Record numbers of Covid-19 infections have been reported in the Middle East and North Africa this week. Official figures show more […]

Brian Whitaker

Authoritarianism
Facebook Hosted Surge of Misinformation and Insurrection Threats in Months Leading Up to Jan. 6 Attack, Records Show

Facebook Hosted Surge of Misinformation and Insurrection Threats in Months Leading Up to Jan. 6 Attack, Records Show

By Craig Silverman, ProPublica, Craig Timberg, The Washington Post, Jeff Kao, ProPublica, and Jeremy B. Merrill, The Washington Post | – Co-published with The Washington […]

ProPublica

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