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We’re All Palestinians Now: How Trump is Middle-Easternizing the United States
Donald Trump

We’re All Palestinians Now: How Trump is Middle-Easternizing the United States

Juan Cole

Here is my most recent column for the legendary Tom Engelhardt’s Tomdispatch.com.Be sure to check out his searing introduction. ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The United […]

Historic Int’l Court of Justice Ruling: Climate Change ‘Imperils all Life’ — Polluters may be Sued

Historic Int’l Court of Justice Ruling: Climate Change ‘Imperils all Life’ — Polluters may be Sued

07/25/2025 By The Conversation

The Unseen War for the Palestinian West Bank’s Future: It’s not just Gaza

The Unseen War for the Palestinian West Bank’s Future: It’s not just Gaza

07/25/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

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Barriers, Water Canons, Arrests: Netanyahu Treats Thousands of Israeli Protesters against his Corruption like Palestinians

Barriers, Water Canons, Arrests: Netanyahu Treats Thousands of Israeli Protesters against his Corruption like Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nir Hasson and Bar Peleg at Haaretz report that demonstrations broke out again Saturday in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, as […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Only one way out: a unitary state with equal rights in Palestine-Israel

Only one way out: a unitary state with equal rights in Palestine-Israel

By Ghada Karmi | – ( OpenDemocracy.net ) – Everyone who values democracy, justice and human decency should assist the Palestinians in achieving this goal. […]

Open Democracy

Afghanistan
Was there Really a Russian Bounty on US Troops in Afghanistan?  A Story with Holes

Was there Really a Russian Bounty on US Troops in Afghanistan? A Story with Holes

(48Hills.org ) – On June 26, in a major front page story, The New York Times wrote that Russia paid a bounty to the Taliban […]

Reese Erlich

African-Americans
John Lewis and C.T. Vivian belonged to a long tradition of religious leaders in the civil rights struggle

John Lewis and C.T. Vivian belonged to a long tradition of religious leaders in the civil rights struggle

By Lawrence Burnley | – With the deaths of Rep. John Lewis and the Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian, the U.S. has lost two civil […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Dems in Congress Craft Net Zero Carbon Climate Plan, aiming at Environmental Justice

Dems in Congress Craft Net Zero Carbon Climate Plan, aiming at Environmental Justice

By Misha Jones ( Cronkite News) | WASHINGTON – In the South Phoenix neighborhood of Lindo Park-Roesley Park, temperatures can be up to 13 degrees […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Authoritarianism
Trump's Secret Police whisk Portland Protesters into Unmarked Cars, but allowed Right wing armed militiamen to invade Michigan State House

Trump’s Secret Police whisk Portland Protesters into Unmarked Cars, but allowed Right wing armed militiamen to invade Michigan State House

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ryan Haas and Conrad Wilson at Oregon Public Broadcasting report that Federal agents with no name tags pulled at least […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
Cut the Pentagon 10 Percent, Invest in Public Health

Cut the Pentagon 10 Percent, Invest in Public Health

By Lindsay Koshgarian ( Otherwords.org ) – It feels like the world is falling apart. But with a pandemic raging and an eviction crisis looming, […]

OtherWords

Donald Trump
Hospitals Are Suddenly Short of Young Doctors — Because of Trump’s Visa Ban

Hospitals Are Suddenly Short of Young Doctors — Because of Trump’s Visa Ban

By Dara Lind | – ( ProPublica) – As hospitals across the United States brace for a difficult six months — with the first wave […]

ProPublica

Bahrain
Qatar's Victory over Saudi, UAE Blockade Shows UN Court can be Weapon of the Weak

Qatar’s Victory over Saudi, UAE Blockade Shows UN Court can be Weapon of the Weak

By Daud Abdullah | – A press release issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 14 July described its judgement against Bahrain, Egypt, […]

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