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Hurricane Melissa was 33% more Destructive in Jamaica because of People-Caused Climate Breakdown
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Hurricane Melissa was 33% more Destructive in Jamaica because of People-Caused Climate Breakdown

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hurricane Melissa is the most devastating storm to hit Jamaica in recorded history, CNN reports. It rapidly intensified over the […]

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Sudan Mass Atrocities in Captured Darfur City: Rampant Abuse of Fleeing Civilians by RSF

Sudan Mass Atrocities in Captured Darfur City: Rampant Abuse of Fleeing Civilians by RSF

10/30/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The Int’l Court of Justice Demands Israel let UN Aid Flow into Gaza, but to what Avail?

The Int’l Court of Justice Demands Israel let UN Aid Flow into Gaza, but to what Avail?

10/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Will Israelis Repent for Gaza Genocide? Re-Humanization Takes Courage

Will Israelis Repent for Gaza Genocide? Re-Humanization Takes Courage

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The genocide in Gaza continues unabated as I write these lines. Belatedly, a few Israelis have begun decrying […]

Yakov M. Rabkin

African-Americans
This Federal Budget Will Widen the Racial Wealth Divide

This Federal Budget Will Widen the Racial Wealth Divide

By LaToya B. Parker, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad | ( Otherwords.org) – The House recently passed a massive Trump budget bill that will cut trillions in taxes […]

OtherWords

Climate Crisis
Two Visions Collide on Ocean Use: Nationalist Raptors and Multilateral Environmentalists

Two Visions Collide on Ocean Use: Nationalist Raptors and Multilateral Environmentalists

The ocean holds the answer. By Shafraz Rasheed | May 27, 2025 ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The rise of nationalist leaders epitomized by […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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Greta Thunberg and 11 other Volunteers set out on Mercy Mission to Gaza

Greta Thunberg and 11 other Volunteers set out on Mercy Mission to Gaza

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Anadolu Agency reports that the humanitarian aid ship, the “Madeleine,” set out for Gaza on Sunday from Catania in […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Climate Change and the Border-Industrial Complex in the Trump Era

Climate Change and the Border-Industrial Complex in the Trump Era

By Todd Miller ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Believe it or not, I had a transcendent experience at this year’s Border Security Expo, the annual event […]

Tomdispatch

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Iran faces Twin Power-Grid and Nutritional Crises

Iran faces Twin Power-Grid and Nutritional Crises

As power fails and nutrition falters, Iranians confront a summer of extreme heat, rolling outages, and dwindling access to basic food Written byIran Open Data […]

Global Voices

Archaeology
Genetic Study shows “Phoenicians,” like all “Nations” were a Multi-Ethnic Franchise

Genetic Study shows “Phoenicians,” like all “Nations” were a Multi-Ethnic Franchise

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Harald Ringbauer et al. writing in Nature report on a genetic study of the ancient Phoenicians that is really going […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Madeleine ship: A Message of Solidarity with Gaza and resolve to break the Blockade

The Madeleine ship: A Message of Solidarity with Gaza and resolve to break the Blockade

by Zaher Birawi ( Middle East Monitor ) – On Sunday, June 1st,  a small ship from the International Freedom Flotilla Coalition will set sail […]

Middle East Monitor

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Cheers And Jeers As Cannes-Winning Director Jafar Panahi Returns To Iran

Cheers And Jeers As Cannes-Winning Director Jafar Panahi Returns To Iran

By RFE/RL’s Radio Farda ( RFE/ RL ) – The awarding of the prestigious Palme d’Or to It Was Just An Accident, the latest film […]

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