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California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech
Academic Freedom

California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech

H. Scott Prosterman

Censoring academic content does nothing to promote “a safe learning environment,” as Newsom’s signing statement concludes.

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COP30 Report Reveals Climate Change is Spreading Infectious Diseases to new Regions

COP30 Report Reveals Climate Change is Spreading Infectious Diseases to new Regions

11/14/2025 By The Conversation

Escalating the Escalation: A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump

Escalating the Escalation: A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump

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Inequality
Our Problem isn't "Supply Chains" - it is that Workers and Truckers are being Stiffed

Our Problem isn’t “Supply Chains” – it is that Workers and Truckers are being Stiffed

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. Weak links have been the story for much of the last year. That should force us […]

John Buell

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian resistance poetry by Mahmoud Darwish

Palestinian resistance poetry by Mahmoud Darwish

By Sayid Marcos Tenório | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Mahmoud Darwish is the most internationally-renowned Palestinian poet and writer, although still little-known […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
America’s Toxic Militarism has left Afghanistan, but Afghan Women are still Living with its Consequences

America’s Toxic Militarism has left Afghanistan, but Afghan Women are still Living with its Consequences

By Ann Jones | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – I know, I know. It’s the last thing you want to hear about. Twenty years of […]

Ann Jones

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Top 3 Ways Biden can restore Iran Nuclear Deal if he Really Wants To

Top 3 Ways Biden can restore Iran Nuclear Deal if he Really Wants To

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Diplomacy is the art of the possible, and so far the Biden administration isn’t showing a mastery of that art […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Global Heating will bring enormous economic costs, but cutting emissions now will save money later.

Global Heating will bring enormous economic costs, but cutting emissions now will save money later.

This article was co-published with The New York Times. By Abrahm Lustgarten | – ( ProPublica ) – There will be no bargains with an […]

ProPublica

Israel/ Palestine
Israel:  Un-ban the 6 Palestinian human rights groups

Israel: Un-ban the 6 Palestinian human rights groups

Middle East Monitor Editorial | – Last Friday, Israel outright banned six leading Palestinian human rights groups. To do so, Defence”Minister Benny Gantz and his […]

Middle East Monitor

Anti-Vaccination
Your unvaccinated friend is roughly 20 times more likely to give you COVID

Your unvaccinated friend is roughly 20 times more likely to give you COVID

By Christopher Baker and Andrew Robinson | – As lockdowns ease in New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT, and people return to work and […]

The Conversation

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It is the Israeli Occupation of the Stateless Palestinians that is the settler Colonial State, and, yes, Apartheid

It is the Israeli Occupation of the Stateless Palestinians that is the settler Colonial State, and, yes, Apartheid

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Apologists for Israeli policy have taken umbrage at the characterization of Israel as a settler colonial state that practices Apartheid. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
In Bid to shut down New England’s last coal plant: Kayaktivists and Garden Blockaders try to Save Planet

In Bid to shut down New England’s last coal plant: Kayaktivists and Garden Blockaders try to Save Planet

Arnie Alpert | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – There’s one form of power that’s generated when hot water turns turbines to create electricity. There are […]

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