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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel
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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, passed a resolution asking European Union member states to recognize a Palestinian […]

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

09/12/2025 By The Conversation

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

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How Israel's Occupation of Young Palestinians is Damaging their Mental Health and Wellbeing

How Israel’s Occupation of Young Palestinians is Damaging their Mental Health and Wellbeing

( Middle East Monitor ) -There is a major mental health crisis brewing in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. A study published in […]

Asa Winstanley

Asian-Americans
Anti-Asian violence shares the same roots as the hatred plaguing all communities of color

Anti-Asian violence shares the same roots as the hatred plaguing all communities of color

By Emma Jordan-Simpson and Cathy Kim | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Prejudice against Asian-Americans is nothing new. Sadly it is as American as […]

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Asian-Americans
Asians are good at math? Why dressing up racism as a compliment just doesn't add up

Asians are good at math? Why dressing up racism as a compliment just doesn’t add up

By Niral Shah | – The narrative that “Asians are good at math” is pervasive in the United States. Young children are aware of it. […]

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censorship
International Statement of Solidarity with Decolonial Academics and Activists in France

International Statement of Solidarity with Decolonial Academics and Activists in France

By Paola Bacchetta (Professor, University of California, Berkeley), Azeezah Kanji (Legal Academic and Journalist, Toronto) and David Palumbo-Liu (Professor, Stanford University) | – Earliest Signatories: […]

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Climate Crisis
German Greens come out against Russian Gas Pipeline: "It ought not to Exist"

German Greens come out against Russian Gas Pipeline: “It ought not to Exist”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Germany’s Green Party has come out strongly against the Nord Stream II Baltic natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. […]

Juan Cole

Asian-Americans
Racism is behind anti-Asian American violence, even when it's not a hate crime

Racism is behind anti-Asian American violence, even when it’s not a hate crime

By Pawan Dhingra | – Over the past year, attacks on Asian Americans have increased more than 150% over the previous year, including the March […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Can Gaza’s Venerable Almond Groves survive the Israeli Occupation?

Can Gaza’s Venerable Almond Groves survive the Israeli Occupation?

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor) – As we headed to the east of Deir AlBalah, a town in the middle of […]

Middle East Monitor

Internet
Is Facebook Collaborating with Turkey to Censor Free Expression?

Is Facebook Collaborating with Turkey to Censor Free Expression?

By Jack Gillum | – ( ProPublica) – Facebook’s move to censor social media posts of a Syrian militia group in 2018 at the request […]

ProPublica

Asian-Americans
Attacks on Asian Americans are Rooted in over a Century of Racist Exclusion

Attacks on Asian Americans are Rooted in over a Century of Racist Exclusion

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The spine-chilling attacks on Asian-Americans around the country, in San Francisco, New York, and now most bloodily in Atlanta, are […]

Juan Cole

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