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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

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How in the World did Americans make even a Pandemic Partisan? The Virus doesn't Care

How in the World did Americans make even a Pandemic Partisan? The Virus doesn’t Care

By Andrea Robbett and Peter Hans Matthews | – Politics can divide even friends and families. When this happens, we like to tell ourselves that […]

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Trump admits War Crime in Syria as Damascus Slams US 'Oil Theft'

Trump admits War Crime in Syria as Damascus Slams US ‘Oil Theft’

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last Monday, CNN reports US troops on patrol in eastern Syria were allowed to move through Syrian territory by the […]

Juan Cole

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Greta Thunberg and Youth to Angela Merkel: 'Abandon Fossil Fuel Industry'

Greta Thunberg and Youth to Angela Merkel: ‘Abandon Fossil Fuel Industry’

By Benjamin Wehrmann ( Clean Energy Wire) – Greta Thunberg and fellow activists have met German Chancellor Angela Merkel to exchange views on the fight […]

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The Fox is Still in the Henhouse at the Post Office

The Fox is Still in the Henhouse at the Post Office

By Sarah Anderson | – ( Otherwords.org) – Skyleigh Heinen, a U.S. Army veteran who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis and anxiety, relies on the Postal […]

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Trump could win again (without cheating)

Trump could win again (without cheating)

By J.M. Opal | – Liberal pundits often say that Donald Trump is on the wrong side of history. From this perspective, he’s a relic […]

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Trump walks Alone:  Former US Allies Britain, France, Germany join Russia and China in Forcefully Rejecting Trump Iran Sanctions

Trump walks Alone: Former US Allies Britain, France, Germany join Russia and China in Forcefully Rejecting Trump Iran Sanctions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – LeMonde reports that France, Germany and Britain have rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to reimpose UN Security Council sanctions on […]

Juan Cole

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Before the CIA Coup in 1953, the US and Iran had been old Friends

Before the CIA Coup in 1953, the US and Iran had been old Friends

By Daniel Thomas Potts | – The British- and American-backed plot to overthrow Iran’s prime minister in 1953 laid the groundwork for the 1979 Iran […]

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Is the Trump Administration Trying to destroy our Public Schools, Too?

Is the Trump Administration Trying to destroy our Public Schools, Too?

( Tomdispatch.com) – Seventeen years ago, against the advice of my parents, I decided to become a public school teacher. Once I did, both my […]

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China and the United States: The 21st Century’s ‘Great Game’

China and the United States: The 21st Century’s ‘Great Game’

For China, the global war for influence is about trading partners. For the U.S., it could mean something more volatile. (Foreign Policy in Focus ) […]

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