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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
Colonialism

76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Over Half of Germany’s Power Use in 1st Half of 2020 was from Wind and Solar, as Coal Sank

Over Half of Germany’s Power Use in 1st Half of 2020 was from Wind and Solar, as Coal Sank

By Julian Wettengel | – Renewables covered more than half of Germany’s power consumption in the first six months of 2020, according to a first […]

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African-Americans
How racism in US health system hinders care and costs lives of African Americans

How racism in US health system hinders care and costs lives of African Americans

By Tamika C.B. Zapolski | – As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the U.S., the virus hit African Americans disproportionately hard. African Americans are still […]

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When will Palestine have its Declaration of Independence?

When will Palestine have its Declaration of Independence?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Americans’ commemoration of the Fourth of July in 2020 was often a bit subdued, depending on where in the country […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Is More Conflict What the Mideast Needs?  Israel's Dangerous Plan to Annex 1/3 of Palestinian West Bank

Is More Conflict What the Mideast Needs? Israel’s Dangerous Plan to Annex 1/3 of Palestinian West Bank

By Hazem Ayyad | – ( Middle East Monitor.) – As expected, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu postponed Israel’s annexation plan… on the pretext of finishing […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
The Corporations that are Swinging behind Green Energy may make all the Difference in  Climate Emergency

The Corporations that are Swinging behind Green Energy may make all the Difference in Climate Emergency

By Zdravka Tzankova | – The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea My new analysis of companies that […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
For "Safety and Happiness:" On the 4th of July, we Need a Declaration of Independence from Donald Trump

For “Safety and Happiness:” On the 4th of July, we Need a Declaration of Independence from Donald Trump

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The founding generation of Americans was deeply concerned with well-being. The Declaration of Independence says that if a government won’t […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu's proposed annexation of the Palestinian West Bank could Provoke a 'diplomatic tsunami' against Israel

Netanyahu’s proposed annexation of the Palestinian West Bank could Provoke a ‘diplomatic tsunami’ against Israel

By Tony Walker | – In a deadly game of Middle East cat and mouse, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is continuing to weigh his […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
In the U.S., the Second Wave of the Pandemic Is Already Here

In the U.S., the Second Wave of the Pandemic Is Already Here

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – If the United States had quick-thinking and efficient leadership, the pandemic would have infected about 100,000 people and killed only […]

John Feffer

Libya
Foreign Interference Keeps Libya's Crisis at a Boil

Foreign Interference Keeps Libya’s Crisis at a Boil

( 48hills) – I arrived at the airport in Tripoli, Libya, on assignment for CBS Radio with my paperwork in order. I even had the […]

Reese Erlich

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