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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

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The Politics of the Poor in an America on Edge: Lifting from the Bottom So Everyone Can Rise

The Politics of the Poor in an America on Edge: Lifting from the Bottom So Everyone Can Rise

( Tomdispatch.com ) – When President Biden first unveiled the Build Back Better agenda, it appeared that this country was on the path to a […]

Liz Theoharis

Israel/ Palestine
The Balfour Declaration: 104 years since the start of the Palestinian tragedy

The Balfour Declaration: 104 years since the start of the Palestinian tragedy

By Sayid Marcos Tenório | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The date of 2 November marks an event directly linked to the root […]

Middle East Monitor

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Top 4 Ways to turn your Climate Eco-Anxiety into a Positive

Top 4 Ways to turn your Climate Eco-Anxiety into a Positive

By Teaghan Hogg, Léan O’Brien and Samantha Stanley | – ( The Conversation ) – Feeling anxious about the ecological crises we face is entirely […]

The Conversation

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Goodies for Greens in Biden's $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Act

Goodies for Greens in Biden’s $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Act

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that was passed by the Senate some time ago and then passed by […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
Feeding the Crocodile:  Do Any Republicans Still Support Democracy?

Feeding the Crocodile: Do Any Republicans Still Support Democracy?

( Otherwords) – Republicans should heed Churchill’s warning about appeasing authoritarians: “Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, it will eat him […]

Jill Richardson

Afghanistan
Armed With Online Option, Afghan Girls Say 'Bring It On' When It Comes To Taliban Education Ban

Armed With Online Option, Afghan Girls Say ‘Bring It On’ When It Comes To Taliban Education Ban

By Michael Scollon of RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi | – ( RFE/RL – Radio Azadi) – Hundreds of school-aged girls in Afghanistan are getting around the […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Climate Crisis
COP26: here’s what it would take to end coal power worldwide

COP26: here’s what it would take to end coal power worldwide

By Alex Clark | – More than 40 countries have signed an agreement at COP26, the latest UN climate change summit in Glasgow, to phase […]

The Conversation

Congress
Fightin' Joe Biden Wins big, on Jobs, Covid, the Dow and Infrastructure, but Corporate News downplays Successes

Fightin’ Joe Biden Wins big, on Jobs, Covid, the Dow and Infrastructure, but Corporate News downplays Successes

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The for-profit press thinks it knows what the story in Washington, D.C., is. Joe Biden is a boring president who […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
As Saudis, Emirates enjoy Impunity, the UN needs to Create a New Yemen War Crimes Investigation

As Saudis, Emirates enjoy Impunity, the UN needs to Create a New Yemen War Crimes Investigation

By Louis Charbonneau | United Nations Director | – ( Human Rights Watch) – Last month, the Netherlands’ ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva […]

Human Rights Watch

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