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State of Climate: Earth Hottest on Record again, as CO2 still Climbs and Glaciers Wilt
Climate Crisis

State of Climate: Earth Hottest on Record again, as CO2 still Climbs and Glaciers Wilt

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The American Meteorological Society has issued its annual climate report, this one summarizing changes in 2024 now that all the […]

New data shows No Kings was One of the largest Days of Protest in US history

New data shows No Kings was One of the largest Days of Protest in US history

08/17/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Iran’s Nature is under Threat – here’s how better environmental Stewardship can save it

Iran’s Nature is under Threat – here’s how better environmental Stewardship can save it

08/17/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
How One Palestinian Woman with a Disability Builds a Life in Israel-Besieged Gaza

How One Palestinian Woman with a Disability Builds a Life in Israel-Besieged Gaza

People with Disabilities Find Strength Despite Discrimination

Human Rights Watch

Democracy
Blue Arizona: Pandemic, Trump and racism drove Decisive voter turnout in some American-Indian tribal communities

Blue Arizona: Pandemic, Trump and racism drove Decisive voter turnout in some American-Indian tribal communities

By Anthony J. Wallace ( Cronkite News) – PHOENIX – Enthusiasm across Arizona was higher this election than in the 2016 presidential contest, and final […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Donald Trump
How COVID-19 led to Donald Trump’s defeat

How COVID-19 led to Donald Trump’s defeat

By Abel Brodeur, Leonardo Baccini, and Stephen Weymouth | – Did the COVID-19 pandemic doom Donald Trump’s re-election? Our study examining the effect of COVID-19 […]

The Conversation

Far Right
NZ's Ardern: Mosque Massacre was Enabled by ignoring White Supremacist Terror Threat and by YouTube Radicalization

NZ’s Ardern: Mosque Massacre was Enabled by ignoring White Supremacist Terror Threat and by YouTube Radicalization

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Terrorist Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019 looked into the background […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
"I have a Dream":  The Palestinian Version

“I have a Dream”: The Palestinian Version

By Adnan Hmidan | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Every time I read how Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that came true, […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
The Taliban are megarich  - The Way Organized Crime Bosses are -- and use ill-gotten Wealth to wage war in Afghanistan

The Taliban are megarich – The Way Organized Crime Bosses are — and use ill-gotten Wealth to wage war in Afghanistan

By Hanif Sufizada | – The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist Islamic regime was toppled by U.S. […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Anti-War Officer Corps:  An American Crisis of Conscience in the Forever Wars

Anti-War Officer Corps: An American Crisis of Conscience in the Forever Wars

By William J. Astore and Danny Sjursen | If you have a moment, how about joining two retired officers, Bill Astore and me, Danny Sjursen, […]

Tomdispatch

African-Americans
Biden Nominates first African-American Secretary of Defense, 250 Years after Crispus Attucks

Biden Nominates first African-American Secretary of Defense, 250 Years after Crispus Attucks

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President-Elect Joe Biden will appoint retired four-star general Lloyd J. Austin III as his secretary of defense, according to the […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Even Conservative Britain Plans to slash carbon emissions 68% by 2030: Banking, Building and Borrowing are key

Even Conservative Britain Plans to slash carbon emissions 68% by 2030: Banking, Building and Borrowing are key

By Anupam Nanda | – For those conscious of the growing climate crisis and the perilous economic situation, the path out of the coronavirus recession […]

The Conversation

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