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From Gaza to America and Vietnam, the Prospect of a Peacemaker Pope
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From Gaza to America and Vietnam, the Prospect of a Peacemaker Pope

Richard Penaskovic

Auburn, Al. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It’s not surprising that Pope Leo XIV took the name Leo in honor of Pope Leo XIII […]

Protesting NYU’s Withholding of Degree over Gaza Protest

Protesting NYU’s Withholding of Degree over Gaza Protest

05/21/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Trump isn’t even Trying to Hide the Racism Anymore

Trump isn’t even Trying to Hide the Racism Anymore

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The Anti-Trump: Merkel’s Germany dumps 20% of Its Coal Use, CO2 Falls 7%, Renewables at 40%

The Anti-Trump: Merkel’s Germany dumps 20% of Its Coal Use, CO2 Falls 7%, Renewables at 40%

By Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – Germany has seen a second year of significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, […]

Clean Energy Wire

Israel/ Palestine
Israel is hoarding the Jordan River – The Palestinians and Jordan Need their Share

Israel is hoarding the Jordan River – The Palestinians and Jordan Need their Share

By Mark Zeitoun and Muna Dajani | – Two areas farmed by Israelis for more than 50 years have recently been returned to neighbouring Jordan. […]

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Donald Trump
A Feminist Alternative to Trump’s Sabre Rattling against Iran

A Feminist Alternative to Trump’s Sabre Rattling against Iran

Foreign policy should prioritize the needs of ordinary civilians and civil society — and wars of choice should always be off the table.

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Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis Rages in Australia, with 14 of 15 hottest Places in World and Sydney Fire-Besieged

Climate Crisis Rages in Australia, with 14 of 15 hottest Places in World and Sydney Fire-Besieged

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Australia has been turned by the climate crisis into a huge oven. On Wednesday, 14 of the hottest places in […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
An Afghan Perspective on 18 Years of Washington's Lies about the War and our Suffering

An Afghan Perspective on 18 Years of Washington’s Lies about the War and our Suffering

(Special to Informed Comment) – On December 9, The Washington Post revealed interviews with American officials in Afghanistan who intentionally falsified facts regarding the 18-year […]

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Israel/ Palestine
The Likud Gov't in Israel’s International War against Human Rights

The Likud Gov’t in Israel’s International War against Human Rights

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel has a long record of camouflaging the truth where Palestine is concerned. Integral to this, in recent years, […]

Asa Winstanley

War
Is the ‘War on Terror’ actually a War on Education and the Young?

Is the ‘War on Terror’ actually a War on Education and the Young?

By Andrea Mazzarino | – (Tomdispatch.com) – One day in October 2001, shortly after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan, I stood at the front of a […]

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Trump is 3rd President in History to be Impeached; But will Senate Remove Him?

Trump is 3rd President in History to be Impeached; But will Senate Remove Him?

By Brendon O’Connor and Daniel Cooper | – The US House of Representatives voted today to impeach President Donald Trump, making him the third president […]

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The Miseries of Settler Colonialism: Jeff Goldberg thinks Israelis are the Seminoles

The Miseries of Settler Colonialism: Jeff Goldberg thinks Israelis are the Seminoles

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Phil Weiss at Mondoweiss, the most lucid and informed voice on the American Jewish left doing journalism critical of right […]

Juan Cole

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