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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank
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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – As a native Palestinian, visiting my homeland is not just about seeing family and friends. It’s also about […]

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

09/24/2025 By Frida Berrigan

Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

09/24/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

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Green Energy initiatives in Dem Infrastructure Bill infinitely Cheaper than a gradualist phase-out of Fossil Fuels

Green Energy initiatives in Dem Infrastructure Bill infinitely Cheaper than a gradualist phase-out of Fossil Fuels

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The green energy proposals in the $3.5 trillion Democratic Party infrastructure bill now being heatedly debated have been attacked from […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
How Gerrymandering Threatens Democracy

How Gerrymandering Threatens Democracy

By Arnold J. Oliver | – Tiffin, Oh. (Special to Informed Comment) – Right now, Ohio, Michigan and other states are in the process of […]

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Militarization
A Parable of (All-American) Violence:  Accountability and the War of Terror

A Parable of (All-American) Violence: Accountability and the War of Terror

By Kelly Denton-Borhaug | ( Tomdispatch.com ) – As a religious studies professor, I know a parable when I see one. Consider the 20th anniversary […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
A short History of Climate Change and Civilization that does not End Well (XKCD Webcomic)

A short History of Climate Change and Civilization that does not End Well (XKCD Webcomic)

Randall Munroe, XKCD: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Via Randall Munroe, XKCD: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. This work […]

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astronomy and outer space
Did a Cosmic Airburst inspire the Myth of Sodom and inadvertently Spark millennia of Homophobia?

Did a Cosmic Airburst inspire the Myth of Sodom and inadvertently Spark millennia of Homophobia?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a new paper in Nature archeologists Ted E. Bunch and Malcolm A. LeCompte et al. present their findings that […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
U.S. Militarism’s Toxic Impact on Climate Policy

U.S. Militarism’s Toxic Impact on Climate Policy

( Code Pink ) – President Biden addressed the UN General on September 21 with a warning that the climate crisis is fast approaching a […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Afghanistan
If US Followed its own Safeguards, the Taliban and IS-K wouldn't have captured so many US Weapons

If US Followed its own Safeguards, the Taliban and IS-K wouldn’t have captured so many US Weapons

By Nolan Fahrenkopf | – The weapons and military equipment left behind by the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, including through the collapse of the Afghan […]

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Donald Trump
The military stood up to Donald Trump. Who will now stand up to the military?

The military stood up to Donald Trump. Who will now stand up to the military?

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – When he was trying to win the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon famously told his chief of staff that […]

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
At UN, Biden Pivots from 20-year War to Global Alliance against the Climate Emergency

At UN, Biden Pivots from 20-year War to Global Alliance against the Climate Emergency

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden addressed the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, laying out his vision of […]

Juan Cole

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