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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
Academic Freedom

California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

08/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

08/18/2025 By Dan Steinbock

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Israel/ Palestine
The Fall of Israeli Impunity: The World is Starting to hold Tel Aviv Accountable for the Gaza Genocide

The Fall of Israeli Impunity: The World is Starting to hold Tel Aviv Accountable for the Gaza Genocide

( Middle East Monitor ) – A dramatic escape was cited by Israeli media as the reason that Yuval Vagdani, a soldier in the Israeli […]

Ramzy Baroud

religion
How the US Religious Right is making Religion Unpopular

How the US Religious Right is making Religion Unpopular

By Galen Watts, University of Waterloo (The Conversation) – In 1961, less than one per cent of Canadians identified as having no religion. In 2021, […]

The Conversation

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Crime of the Century: CBS’ 60 Minutes Exposes the Biden Administration’s Complicity in Gaza Genocide, Interviews the Whistleblowers

Crime of the Century: CBS’ 60 Minutes Exposes the Biden Administration’s Complicity in Gaza Genocide, Interviews the Whistleblowers

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The amazingly brave Cecilia Vega at CBS’ 60 Minutes did a groundbreaking segment on Sunday in which she interviewed US […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
What challenges do Syrian Refugees face as they return Home?

What challenges do Syrian Refugees face as they return Home?

Written byRami Alhames Syrian and Iraqi refugees arrive at Skala Sykamias Lesvos, Greece. Image by Georgios Giannopoulos via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. ( Globalvoices.org ) – […]

Global Voices

Israel/ Palestine
When Israeli Warplanes Rain Death on Gaza, the Copilot is a Bipartisan Uncle Sam

When Israeli Warplanes Rain Death on Gaza, the Copilot is a Bipartisan Uncle Sam

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In recent weeks, political soothsayers have speculated about a wide variety of odious new policies the incoming Trump administration and its […]

Stan Cox

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New Solar Installations double to 24.5 Gigawatts in 2024 in India — World’s 5th Largest Economy

New Solar Installations double to 24.5 Gigawatts in 2024 in India — World’s 5th Largest Economy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – India installed 24.5 new gigawatts of solar power in 2024, along with 3.4 gigawatts of new wind. That represented a […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Gaza War has cost Tel Aviv $67 Bn., Diverting NatGas Revenues from Health and Education to Military

Israel’s Gaza War has cost Tel Aviv $67 Bn., Diverting NatGas Revenues from Health and Education to Military

( Middle East Monitor ) – The financial impact of Israel’s ongoing conflict with Gaza had reached an estimated 67.57 billion USD by the end […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
2024’s extreme Ocean Heat breaks Records again, leaving 2 Mysteries to solve

2024’s extreme Ocean Heat breaks Records again, leaving 2 Mysteries to solve

By Annalisa Bracco, Georgia Institute of Technology (The Conversation) – The oceans are heating up as the planet warms. This past year, 2024, was the […]

The Conversation

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Palestinian Deaths from Military attacks in Gaza 69% Higher than Estimated, 60% Women, Children, Elderly

Palestinian Deaths from Military attacks in Gaza 69% Higher than Estimated, 60% Women, Children, Elderly

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A team of researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Yale has published a study in […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

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Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

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Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

The Conversation

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Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

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