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Stephen Colbert and I:  The Tightening of Right-Wing Censorship
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Stephen Colbert and I: The Tightening of Right-Wing Censorship

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Paramount Global corporation has fired late night comedian Stephen Colbert even though Colbert dominated his time spot. Paramount owns […]

Turkey becomes the First to Censor Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok

Turkey becomes the First to Censor Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok

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Green Energy and protecting Nature get the Thumbs up in Climate Change study in 68 Countries

Green Energy and protecting Nature get the Thumbs up in Climate Change study in 68 Countries

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Musk serves as Trump’s ideal dancing partner in the chaotic spectacle of the dismantlement of the last fragile remnants of public welfare, writes Yoav Litvin. […]

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The Qur’an’s Celebration of Diverse Skin Colors: Forms of Equality in the Muslim Scripture

The Qur’an’s Celebration of Diverse Skin Colors: Forms of Equality in the Muslim Scripture

I am reprinting part of this essay that appeared in Renovatio, the literary magazine of a small Muslim liberal arts college — Zaytuna — in […]

Juan Cole

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Death shaded the Life of this Holocaust historian. The cancer Memoir he began in Hospital was a final ‘Act of Love’

Death shaded the Life of this Holocaust historian. The cancer Memoir he began in Hospital was a final ‘Act of Love’

By Tess Scholfield-Peters, University of Technology Sydney (The Conversation) – Mark Raphael Baker began writing his final book, A Season of Death, from his hospital […]

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The Alarming Findings of AI Model that analysed Millions of Images of retreating Glaciers

The Alarming Findings of AI Model that analysed Millions of Images of retreating Glaciers

By Tian Li, University of Bristol; Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol, and Konrad Heidler, Technical University of Munich (The Conversation) – The Arctic has warmed […]

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Let us be Joyous about the Release of all Hostages, Israeli and Palestinian, in Gaza Peace Deal, including 21 Palestinian Children

Let us be Joyous about the Release of all Hostages, Israeli and Palestinian, in Gaza Peace Deal, including 21 Palestinian Children

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It is wonderful news that on Sunday and Monday Israeli and Palestinian hostages were released as part of the ceasefire […]

Juan Cole

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Tevet, Palindromes, and the Ceasefire in Gaza

Tevet, Palindromes, and the Ceasefire in Gaza

( The Times of Israel ) – On the occasion of the ceasefire in Gaza, let’s reflect on the current Hebrew month of Tevet: This […]

Shamai Leibowitz

Donald Trump
Trump’s “Largest domestic Deportation Operation in U.S. History” would Target America Itself

Trump’s “Largest domestic Deportation Operation in U.S. History” would Target America Itself

( Tomdispatch.com ) – This country, once a haven for immigrants, is now on the verge of turning into a first-class nightmare for them. President […]

Andrea Mazzarino

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UK Parliamentary Committee to British Gov’t:  Recognize Palestinian State for Sustainable Peace

UK Parliamentary Committee to British Gov’t: Recognize Palestinian State for Sustainable Peace

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The British Parliament has the longest history of any parliament, since it was the first, so it has had time […]

Juan Cole

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Shock Waves: The Out-Migration of Tens of Thousands of Young Jews from Israel in Past 2 Years

Shock Waves: The Out-Migration of Tens of Thousands of Young Jews from Israel in Past 2 Years

by Aziz Mustafa ( Middle East Monitor ) – The report by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics at the beginning of the new year, […]

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