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Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas
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Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli state by now has a long and sanguinary history of murdering writers and journalists in cold blood. In […]

As Summer Temperatures Soar, Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens

As Summer Temperatures Soar, Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens

08/11/2025 By Global Voices

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

08/11/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

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A New Age of Presidential Unilaterism?

A New Age of Presidential Unilaterism?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – As the dust settles over election day, it’s worth reflecting that it’s not only the election results that have been at […]

Karen J. Greenberg

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Germany: For First time, Wind and Solar Power Generation exceeds Fossil Fuels

Germany: For First time, Wind and Solar Power Generation exceeds Fossil Fuels

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy analysis firm reports that for the first nine months of 2024, Germany generated more electricity from wind […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Newly Elected Trump is Threatening to turn back the Tide on America’s environmental Laws and reverse Climate Progress

Newly Elected Trump is Threatening to turn back the Tide on America’s environmental Laws and reverse Climate Progress

By Stephen Lezak, University of Oxford and Barbara Haya, University of California, Berkeley | – The Cuyahoga River, which runs through downtown Cleveland, Ohio, used […]

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Education
Taking Issue with Suspension of Harvard Library Access for Students and Faculty staging “Read-In” to Protest Gaza War

Taking Issue with Suspension of Harvard Library Access for Students and Faculty staging “Read-In” to Protest Gaza War

Committee on Academic Freedom | – Middle East Studies Association Alan M. Garber President, Harvard University alan_garber@harvard.edu . . . Dear President Garber, Provost Manning, […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Children
Israel’s Scholasticide and the Irrelevance of US Politics: 11,923 Palestinian Students didn’t Go Back to School this Fall because Israel Killed them

Israel’s Scholasticide and the Irrelevance of US Politics: 11,923 Palestinian Students didn’t Go Back to School this Fall because Israel Killed them

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Palestinian Ministry of Education released a report this week detailing that 11,923 students in Gaza have been killed by […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Valencia Floods: Our warming Climate is making once-rare Weather more Common, and more Destructive

Valencia Floods: Our warming Climate is making once-rare Weather more Common, and more Destructive

By Antonio Ruiz de Elvira Serra, Universidad de Alcalá | – (The Conversation) – In the last few days, a seasonal weather system known in […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Protesting U of Minnesota Barring Students from Campus for Protesting Gaza War

Protesting U of Minnesota Barring Students from Campus for Protesting Gaza War

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Rebecca M. Cunningham President, University of Minnesota upres@umn.edu . . . Dear President Cunningham […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Trump would be an “Extinction-Level Event” for the Planet, Turbocharging Climate Change. Vote Accordingly.

Trump would be an “Extinction-Level Event” for the Planet, Turbocharging Climate Change. Vote Accordingly.

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – UC Berkeley scholars warn that “with plans to expand the production of fossil fuels, curtail environmental regulations, dismantle key climate […]

Juan Cole

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Heartfelt Thanks to our Generous Readers

Heartfelt Thanks to our Generous Readers

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Much gratitude to all of you who donated to our successful fundraiser this year, in which we sought some extra […]

Juan Cole

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