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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

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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Democratic Party
How will Biden's Middle East -- and Iran -- be different from Trump's?

How will Biden’s Middle East — and Iran — be different from Trump’s?

By Tony Walker | – Canberra policymakers will be conducting a root-and-branch reassessment of Australia’s foreign policy following Donald Trump’s defeat in the US presidential […]

Juan Cole

Denialism
Pence, who backed Muslim visa Ban, gets Vaccine invented by Muslim Immigrants

Pence, who backed Muslim visa Ban, gets Vaccine invented by Muslim Immigrants

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Defeated vice president Mike Pence got the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Friday. Here is why he is a hypocrite. Pence served […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
How America’s Denialism– Elections, COVID, Climate — is Leading to its Downfall

How America’s Denialism– Elections, COVID, Climate — is Leading to its Downfall

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The refusal of tens of millions of Americans to recognize the election results is part of a much […]

John Feffer

Germany
Germany backs major international green hydrogen project in Saudi Arabia

Germany backs major international green hydrogen project in Saudi Arabia

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – German steelmaker Thyssenkrupp will supply an electrolyser for a massive international green hydrogen project in Saudi Arabia with the capacity […]

Clean Energy Wire

Desertification
Demand for meat is driving deforestation in Brazil – changing the soy industry could stop it

Demand for meat is driving deforestation in Brazil – changing the soy industry could stop it

By Angela Guerrero and Malika Virah-Sawmy | – Soy may have a pretty innocuous reputation thanks to its association with vegan food and meat alternatives. […]

The Conversation

Colonialism
Biden Pick, Native American Deb Haaland to head Dept. that once Vowed to "Civilize or Exterminate" her People

Biden Pick, Native American Deb Haaland to head Dept. that once Vowed to “Civilize or Exterminate” her People

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM) will be president-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Department of the Interior. She is the […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
How Trump's Authoritarian Playbook will Turn America into a Banana Republic

How Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook will Turn America into a Banana Republic

By Lena Surzhko Harned and Luis Jimenez | – Six weeks after the U.S. election, President Donald Trump had still not accepted defeat. This behavior […]

The Conversation

Christians
How did Washington State get sensible Sex Education Passed?  The Religious Right is Collapsing

How did Washington State get sensible Sex Education Passed? The Religious Right is Collapsing

Here’s a dramatic example of the growing power of Americans who say their religion is “none”: Last spring, progressives in the Washington state legislature, backed […]

James A. Haught

Afghanistan
It’s almost 20 Years since 9/11; Can we finally End our Constant, Disastrous Wars?

It’s almost 20 Years since 9/11; Can we finally End our Constant, Disastrous Wars?

( Tomdispatch.com) – It was the end of October 2001. Two friends, Max Elbaum and Bob Wing, had just dropped by. (Yes, children, believe it […]

Rebecca Gordon

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