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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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Rick Perry's belief that Trump was chosen by God is shared by many in a fast-growing Christian movement

Rick Perry’s belief that Trump was chosen by God is shared by many in a fast-growing Christian movement

By Brad Christerson and Richard Flory | – In a recent interview with Fox News, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry stated that Donald Trump was […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Turning point in Climate Activism? Germans Block Coal Mines with their Bodies

Turning point in Climate Activism? Germans Block Coal Mines with their Bodies

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Deutsche Welle reports that that more than 1,000 green activists made their way past police lines and blocked trains at […]

Juan Cole

Brazil
Beef and Oil: Are Brazil’s Bolsonaro and Saudi’s MBS a Match Made in Heaven?

Beef and Oil: Are Brazil’s Bolsonaro and Saudi’s MBS a Match Made in Heaven?

By Vitoria Avila Fioravanti | – Sao Paulo (Special to Informed Comment) – Beef, oil and veiling and a murdered journalist have catapulted the burgeoning […]

Tori Avila

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Is the Fed's Agenda a Threat to Trump's Reelection?

Is the Fed’s Agenda a Threat to Trump’s Reelection?

(Special to Informed Comment) – President Trump recently reported on another one of those perfect conversations. Jerome Powell and he purportedly talked about interest rates […]

John Buell

Afghanistan
Is American Exceptionalism Killing the Planet?  The Many Abuses of Endless War

Is American Exceptionalism Killing the Planet? The Many Abuses of Endless War

( Tomdispatch.com) – Ever since 2007, when I first started writing for TomDispatch, I’ve been arguing against America’s forever wars, whether in Afghanistan, Iraq, or […]

William J. Astore

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Back to Jim Crow under Trump: 'Lynch her' is Republicans' Big Idea to Deal with Rep. Ilhan Omar

Back to Jim Crow under Trump: ‘Lynch her’ is Republicans’ Big Idea to Deal with Rep. Ilhan Omar

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Liz Sawyer at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that the Twitter account of Danielle Stella, the Republican challenger to Ilhan Omar […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Where will the Millions of Refugees Created by our burning Fossil Fuels Go?

Where will the Millions of Refugees Created by our burning Fossil Fuels Go?

By Derek Groen and Diana Suleimenova | – In the near future, global warming is expected to create millions of climate refugees, and individuals and […]

The Conversation

China
New Leaked Documents Reveal China’s Chilling Crackdown on Muslims

New Leaked Documents Reveal China’s Chilling Crackdown on Muslims

By Sophie Richardson, China Director | – (Human Rights Watch) – “I’m sure that you will support them, because this is for their own good…and […]

Human Rights Watch

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Iraqi Crowds Erupt in Joyous Celebrations as PM, elected under Bush Constitution, Offers to Resign

Iraqi Crowds Erupt in Joyous Celebrations as PM, elected under Bush Constitution, Offers to Resign

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AFP Arabic reports that Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdulmahdi said Friday he would tender his resignation this weekend after five […]

Juan Cole

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