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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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Climate Crisis
IPCC Alarm Bell: burning gas, coal is Intensifying Water Cycle: Expect more and worse Storms, Floods such as hit Germany, China this Summer

IPCC Alarm Bell: burning gas, coal is Intensifying Water Cycle: Expect more and worse Storms, Floods such as hit Germany, China this Summer

By Mathew Barlow | – ( The Conversation) – The world watched in July 2021 as extreme rainfall became floods that washed away centuries-old homes […]

The Conversation

Acidification of Oceans
IPCC - Carbon Dioxide concentrations highest in 2 mn years, Provoking ever more Extreme Weather

IPCC – Carbon Dioxide concentrations highest in 2 mn years, Provoking ever more Extreme Weather

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued its sixth assessment report. The product of vast international cooperation, the report […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
In Bipartisan Infrastructure Package, opportunity to alter fundamental climate and economic priorities is being squandered

In Bipartisan Infrastructure Package, opportunity to alter fundamental climate and economic priorities is being squandered

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – How to assess the infrastructure package? Lots of big numbers, but budgetary appropriations are moral statements, and […]

John Buell

Democratic Party
Top Ten Reasons Liberals have the High Moral Ground

Top Ten Reasons Liberals have the High Moral Ground

In tumultuous sociopolitical struggles, a frequent pattern is visible: Conservatives often fight to preserve their own wealth or privileges, but liberals battle for causes that […]

James A. Haught

Books
Top 5 Books on Islam – Juan Cole’s list at Shepherd

Top 5 Books on Islam – Juan Cole’s list at Shepherd

The new book website Shepherd asked me for a list of what I thought were the best five books on Islam for a general audience. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Will the move to Solar-Wind-Battery Accelerate as Natural Gas Spikes 1000% in Europe with long term price rises expected?

Will the move to Solar-Wind-Battery Accelerate as Natural Gas Spikes 1000% in Europe with long term price rises expected?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Anna Shiryaevskaya, Stephen Stapczynski and Ann Koh at Bloomberg.org report that natural gas prices have risen 1,000 percent in Europe […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Is Tunisia's president largely responsible for the disaster he says he is trying to fix with his Coup?

Is Tunisia’s president largely responsible for the disaster he says he is trying to fix with his Coup?

By Adnan Hmidan | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The constitutionally-limited role of the president of the republic in Tunisia doesn’t encourage involvement […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
3 Lessons of Climate-induced Dixie Wildfire as it Destroys Historic Gold Rush Towns

3 Lessons of Climate-induced Dixie Wildfire as it Destroys Historic Gold Rush Towns

By Bart Johnson and David Hulse | – A wildfire burning in hot, dry mountain forest swept through the Gold Rush town of Greenville, California, […]

The Conversation

Children
America’s Child Soldiers:  JROTC and the Militarizing of America

America’s Child Soldiers: JROTC and the Militarizing of America

By Ann Jones | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Congress surely meant to do the right thing when, in the fall of 2008, it passed the […]

Tomdispatch

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