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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

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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Yemen's looming environmental disaster as Saudi Arabia and US Pursue War on it

Yemen’s looming environmental disaster as Saudi Arabia and US Pursue War on it

Risk of a catastrophic oil spill, alarming water shortages and pollution, climate change, and other environmental disasters are adding to Yemen’s suffering

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Climate Crisis
Countering climate denialism requires taking on right-wing populism. Here's how

Countering climate denialism requires taking on right-wing populism. Here’s how

By Richard Calland | – History may in due course record 2019 as the year in which the penny finally dropped about the climate emergency […]

The Conversation

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Lawmakers blast Trump plan to take $3.8 billion from Pentagon Budget for Border Wall

Lawmakers blast Trump plan to take $3.8 billion from Pentagon Budget for Border Wall

By Christopher Scragg | – (Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – The Trump administration plans to tap the Pentagon for another $3.8 billion in military funds […]

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The Day Democracy Died, sung by the Founding Fathers

The Day Democracy Died, sung by the Founding Fathers

The Founding Fathers Sing: “”The Day Democracy Died” Sung by The Founding Fathers”

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Rockets slam into US Embassy Compound in Iraq, as Base with US Troops also Comes under Fire

Rockets slam into US Embassy Compound in Iraq, as Base with US Troops also Comes under Fire

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Agence France Presse Arabic is reporting that early Sunday morning several rockets or mortars slammed into the area around the […]

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Trump’s “Racist” Plan Would Legalize the Theft of Palestinian Land (Democracy Now)

Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Trump’s “Racist” Plan Would Legalize the Theft of Palestinian Land (Democracy Now)

( Democracy Now! ) – We continue our conversation with Congressmember Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress. She responds to […]

Democracy Now!

Democracy
Sudan's People Power Movement Forced the Military to Share Power, but is the Deal Falling Apart?

Sudan’s People Power Movement Forced the Military to Share Power, but is the Deal Falling Apart?

Khalil Charles | @khalilcharles | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The gap between the military and civilian government in Sudan appears to be widening. […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
The Contribution of Indigenous People to Fighting Climate Change is Hanging by a Thread in Bolivia

The Contribution of Indigenous People to Fighting Climate Change is Hanging by a Thread in Bolivia

By Iokiñe Rodríguez and Mirna Inturias | – Earth’s forests oxygenate the atmosphere and store vast quantities of planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO₂). But research suggests […]

The Conversation

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Engel:  Trump gave out False Justification for Whacking Soleimani, Nearly starting a war with Iran

Engel: Trump gave out False Justification for Whacking Soleimani, Nearly starting a war with Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Dan Mangan at CNBC reports that Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., is attacking Trump over his justification for assassinating Iranian Gen. […]

Juan Cole

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