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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

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What if Israelis attacked the Basilica of St. Peter on Easter?  That's how Muslims feel about Assault on al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

What if Israelis attacked the Basilica of St. Peter on Easter? That’s how Muslims feel about Assault on al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – One of the most outrageous Israeli actions against the Palestinians of East Jerusalem during the past week has been the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Repression and Land Grabs, and the Palestinian Protests in Jerusalem

Israeli Repression and Land Grabs, and the Palestinian Protests in Jerusalem

By Anjuman Rahman | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Violence has become a permanent feature of Ramadan for the people of occupied Palestine. […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
Killing Schoolgirls in Afghanistan:   Fundamentalist Attackers Target Girls Leaving Kabul High School

Killing Schoolgirls in Afghanistan: Fundamentalist Attackers Target Girls Leaving Kabul High School

By Heather Barr | Interim Co-Director, Women’s Rights Division | – ( Human Rights Watch) – Scenes from Sayed ul-Shuhada High School in Kabul, Afghanistan, […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Our Climate Future is on a Spectrum, Depending on What we Do Now; How Bad could it Get?

Our Climate Future is on a Spectrum, Depending on What we Do Now; How Bad could it Get?

By Mark Maslin | – The climate crisis is no longer a looming threat – people are now living with the consequences of centuries of […]

The Conversation

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How Biden Enabled Israeli Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian E. Jerusalem by affirming Trump move of US Embassy There

How Biden Enabled Israeli Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian E. Jerusalem by affirming Trump move of US Embassy There

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The post of U.S. ambassador to Israel is still vacant, but the charge d’affaires, Jonathan Shrier, sent over some objections […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Anti-Muslim Racism remains a Blind Spot in American Efforts for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Anti-Muslim Racism remains a Blind Spot in American Efforts for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

(Special to Informed Comment) – When I first read Jack Shaheen’s seminal book, Reel Bad Arabs, which documents negative stereotypes of Muslims and Arabs in […]

Sumbul Ali-Karamali

Saudi Arabia
With 50K Yemenis starving to death and 3 mn displaced by War, Western Gov'ts still Back Saudi War

With 50K Yemenis starving to death and 3 mn displaced by War, Western Gov’ts still Back Saudi War

( OpenDemocracy.net ) – Two months ago, with the war in Yemen entering its seventh year, the UN secretary general, in his appeal to funders […]

Helen Lackner

Militarization
Endless War Is A Feature of Our National Programming: On Pulling the Plug on the War Machine

Endless War Is A Feature of Our National Programming: On Pulling the Plug on the War Machine

By William Astore | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – I know, I know: President Joe Biden has announced that our combat troops will be withdrawn […]

William J. Astore

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90K Palestinians force Israeli Security to back down, allow them to Pray in Jerusalem, as nearly 100 are injured Protesting Ethnic Cleansing

90K Palestinians force Israeli Security to back down, allow them to Pray in Jerusalem, as nearly 100 are injured Protesting Ethnic Cleansing

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera reports that despite the Israeli security forces’ attack on worshipers at al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday evening, some 90,000 […]

Juan Cole

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