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The Assault on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: The US v. Canada
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The Assault on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: The US v. Canada

Hugh J. Curran

“These first few months  [have resulted] in the Trump administration’s cuts to scientific and medical research, clampdown on any efforts promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), newly aggressive policies for […]

How Israel’s Domestic Crises and Netanyahu’s Power Projection are Reshaping the Middle East

How Israel’s Domestic Crises and Netanyahu’s Power Projection are Reshaping the Middle East

06/27/2025 By The Conversation

Republicans and Climate Breakdown: They Know Better

Republicans and Climate Breakdown: They Know Better

06/27/2025 By William deBuys

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Israel, 'Only Mideast Democracy,' Criminalizes Journalism, arrests Al Jazeera Reporter for Covering E. Jerusalem; What is being Covered Up?

Israel, ‘Only Mideast Democracy,’ Criminalizes Journalism, arrests Al Jazeera Reporter for Covering E. Jerusalem; What is being Covered Up?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli police took another step toward criminalizing journalism on Saturday when they arrested al-Jazeera Arabic correspondent Givara al-Budeiri while […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The human and material cost of Israel's Heavy Bombardment of Civilian Cities in  Gaza

The human and material cost of Israel’s Heavy Bombardment of Civilian Cities in Gaza

By Ahmad Hwedi and Hani Aldrsani | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel’s brutal military offensive against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Why the Current Historic Drought in the Southwest May be the New Normal

Why the Current Historic Drought in the Southwest May be the New Normal

By Alyssa Marksz | – ( Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – Arizona and other Western states just lived through the driest year in more than […]

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History
If You Love Our Country, Don’t Ban Its History

If You Love Our Country, Don’t Ban Its History

( Otherwords.org) – Across the country, several states have passed or introduced bills that ban teaching “critical race theory.” Oklahoma’s governor just signed one. Arizona’s […]

Jill Richardson

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Israelis Actively Plotted "indefinite" Occupation of Gaza, West Bank, back in 1960s-- the 6 Day War was just a Pretext: Haaretz

Israelis Actively Plotted “indefinite” Occupation of Gaza, West Bank, back in 1960s– the 6 Day War was just a Pretext: Haaretz

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I can’t tell you how many times I have heard Israeli officials talk as though the 1967 Israeli military occupation […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
‘When they take 100 trees, we plant 4,000’ — a conversation with Mubarak Awad on nonviolence in Palestine

‘When they take 100 trees, we plant 4,000’ — a conversation with Mubarak Awad on nonviolence in Palestine

By Nonviolence Radio Team | ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Subscribe to “Nonviolence Radio” on Apple Podcasts, Android, Spotify or via RSS. This week, Nonviolence […]

Waging Nonviolence

Israel/ Palestine
Four Things to Know About Israel’s New ‘Change Coalition’

Four Things to Know About Israel’s New ‘Change Coalition’

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The new government — if it takes power at all — is united only around ousting Netanyahu. Here’s […]

Phyllis Bennis

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s new government doesn't give Palestinians much hope. It could be time for a radical approach

Israel’s new government doesn’t give Palestinians much hope. It could be time for a radical approach

By Ian Parmeter | – Even by the standards of previous Israeli coalitions, the new government that’s just been announced includes strange bedfellows. The eight […]

The Conversation

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Israel's Netanyahu pledges to destroy President Biden's Iran, Settlements Policies if he Can Survive

Israel’s Netanyahu pledges to destroy President Biden’s Iran, Settlements Policies if he Can Survive

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Outgoing Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu lost his chance to form a government as the deadline ran out on Thursday, […]

Juan Cole

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