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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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Thousands of Women protest Throughout Turkey as gov't withdraws from Istanbul Convention on Women's Rights

Thousands of Women protest Throughout Turkey as gov’t withdraws from Istanbul Convention on Women’s Rights

By Arzu Geybullayeva | ( Globalvoices.org) – Thousands of women marched across the largest cities in Turkey on July 1, to protest Turkey’s official withdrawal […]

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How Florida's Political "Survey" of Universities threatens Freedom of Speech

How Florida’s Political “Survey” of Universities threatens Freedom of Speech

( Otherwords.org ) – Florida officials say they want to promote “intellectual freedom” — by using political surveys to target university funding. By Jill Richardson […]

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Suburban living is the worst for carbon emissions – new research

By Sabrina Zwick | – ( The Conversation ) – Work, education, entertainment, or simply better connectivity all draw people to cities. By the end […]

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Climate Change
Kuwait is the Hottest Place on Earth; Lytton, Canada was Right Behind it, and then it Burned Down; This is not Normal

Kuwait is the Hottest Place on Earth; Lytton, Canada was Right Behind it, and then it Burned Down; This is not Normal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mohammed Haddad at Al Jazeera English reports that in June, at least 23 countries experienced at least 122° F. (50° […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
By phasing out coal-fired plants -- Now! -- we can save millions of lives

By phasing out coal-fired plants — Now! — we can save millions of lives

( Sustainability Times ) – Emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are driving climate change, which imperils the health of life on the planet […]

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Climate Change
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We Can’t go Carbon Neutral without Reducing Plastics: 1 ton of plastic creates 5 tons of CO2 emissions

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Avoiding and better managing plastic waste should receive much greater attention by the German […]

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Why We cannot meet sustainable development goals with a sick ocean

By Josep Lluís Pelegrí Llopart | – The United Nations declared the start to the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development earlier this year. […]

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Top 5 Differences between the Fourth of July and the Capitol Insurrection

Top 5 Differences between the Fourth of July and the Capitol Insurrection

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – 1. The Fourth of July celebrates a revolutionary event. January 6 was a counter-revolutionary event. Why do I say this? […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Eye of Fire as Ocean burns in Gulf of Mexico foretells Earth Future if we Keep Burning Fossil Fuels

Eye of Fire as Ocean burns in Gulf of Mexico foretells Earth Future if we Keep Burning Fossil Fuels

By Julia Conley, staff writer | – ( Commondreams.org) – A fire that raged for hours in the Gulf of Mexico Friday offered the latest […]

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