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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

09/23/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State  – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

09/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Authoritarianism
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 […]

Jill Richardson

Climate Crisis
Suburban living is the worst for carbon emissions – new research

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 […]

The Conversation

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 […]

Sustainability Times

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

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 […]

Clean Energy Wire

Climate Crisis
Why We cannot meet sustainable development goals with a sick ocean

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. […]

The Conversation

Colonialism
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 […]

Common Dreams

Bill of Rights
The Declaration of Independence wasn’t really complaining about King George, and 5 other surprising facts for July Fourth

The Declaration of Independence wasn’t really complaining about King George, and 5 other surprising facts for July Fourth

By Woody Holton | – Editor’s note: Americans may think they know a lot about the Declaration of Independence, but many of those ideas are […]

The Conversation

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