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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives
Donald Trump

Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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Acidification of Oceans
It might be the world's biggest ocean, but the mighty Pacific is in peril

It might be the world’s biggest ocean, but the mighty Pacific is in peril

By Jodie L. Rummer, Bridie JM Allan, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Ian A. Bouyoucos, James Cook, Irfan Yulianto and Mirjam van der Mheen | – The Pacific […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
Is Arizona Turning Blue?  The Shape of Democratic Victory

Is Arizona Turning Blue? The Shape of Democratic Victory

By Catherine Fusillo | – ( Cronkite News ) – WASHINGTON – For years, Democrats have argued that Arizona was about to turn blue, and […]

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Donald Trump
Trump and Iran in Last 17 Days: Will they or Won't They?

Trump and Iran in Last 17 Days: Will they or Won’t They?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – There is a lot of buzz inside the Beltway, most of it generated inside the Beltway, about possible hostilities between […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
UN Trumpets Warning: Rich Nations aren't Acting Urgently enough to cut planet-wrecking Carbon Dioxide Emissions

UN Trumpets Warning: Rich Nations aren’t Acting Urgently enough to cut planet-wrecking Carbon Dioxide Emissions

By Catherine Early | – ( China Dialogue ) – New net-zero pledges are welcome but need to be met with rapid action in national […]

China Dialogue

Bill of Rights
The Trump Administration’s Final Push to Make It Easier for Religious Employers to Discriminate

The Trump Administration’s Final Push to Make It Easier for Religious Employers to Discriminate

By Lydia DePillis | – ( ProPublica ) – It was the hectic week before Thanksgiving, and Amrith Kaur — the legal director of an […]

ProPublica

Epidemics
How 3 prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts

How 3 prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts

By Andrew Latham | – Not so anymore. People are beginning to understand that the little changes COVID-19 has already ushered in or accelerated – […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
The Apartheid Pandemic:  As 10% of Israelis get Covid Vaccine, Zero Occupied Palestinians have-- Will wait Months

The Apartheid Pandemic: As 10% of Israelis get Covid Vaccine, Zero Occupied Palestinians have– Will wait Months

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some ten percent of Israelis have already been given the coronavirus shot, showing what an efficient government can do for […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
COVID-19, the US Election and our Desperate Need for Clean Air, Green Energy

COVID-19, the US Election and our Desperate Need for Clean Air, Green Energy

By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – One of the enduring images of 2020, the year of the pandemic, has […]

Middle East Monitor

Epidemics
Six ways to ‘reboot your brain’ after a hard year of COVID-19 – according to science

Six ways to ‘reboot your brain’ after a hard year of COVID-19 – according to science

By Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Christelle Langley and Jianfeng Feng | – There’s no doubt that 2020 was difficult for everyone and tragic for many. But […]

The Conversation

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