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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

05/21/2025 By Rebecca Gordon

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Petroleum
Qatar, under Saudi Blockade, Quits a Declining OPEC

Qatar, under Saudi Blockade, Quits a Declining OPEC

Relations between Riyadh and Doha are at an all-time low

David Harding

astronomy and outer space
NASA Spacecraft rendezvous with Asteroid that could one Day Collide with Earth

NASA Spacecraft rendezvous with Asteroid that could one Day Collide with Earth

OSIRIS-REx may be able to aid in preventing asteroid strikes

The Conversation

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Israel turns unstable Abruptly, as Police urge PM Netanyahu be indicted

Israel turns unstable Abruptly, as Police urge PM Netanyahu be indicted

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli police over the weekend urged that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sarah, be indicted for corruption. The […]

Juan Cole

Books
Why Kahlil Gibran is one of the Best-Selling Poets of All Time

Why Kahlil Gibran is one of the Best-Selling Poets of All Time

By Antonia Pont | – (The Conversation) – Kahlil Gibran (original spelling at birth “Khalil”) is a strange phenomenon of 20th Century letters and publishing. […]

The Conversation

Yemen
Senate tumult reflects popular discontent with Yemen War

Senate tumult reflects popular discontent with Yemen War

(48Hills.com) – International relief organizations consider the conflict the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Now, it seems, the US is paying attention. I’m on a low-budget […]

Reese Erlich

Plutocracy
Trump’s Trade Czar, The Latest Architect of Imperial Disaster

Trump’s Trade Czar, The Latest Architect of Imperial Disaster

Trump’s Trade Czar, The Latest Architect of Imperial Disaster Five Academics Who Unleashed the “Demon” of Geopolitical Power By Alfred W. McCoy ( Tomdispatch.com ) […]

Alfred W. McCoy

Yemen
Yemen Hospital Struggles with Number of Malnourished Children

Yemen Hospital Struggles with Number of Malnourished Children

Khokha, Yemen | AFP | – Khokha (Yemen) (AFP) – Twenty Yemeni children huddle together outside Khokha hospital, hoping to be let into a clinic […]

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
UN General Assembly Demands Israel Relinquish Syria’s Golan Heights

UN General Assembly Demands Israel Relinquish Syria’s Golan Heights

The United Nations General Assembly approved six resolutions on Israel Friday, including a demand for Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights, ratifying Syrian sovereignty […]

TeleSur

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The Pivotal GHW Bush Presidency: How the US became Mired in the Mideast

The Pivotal GHW Bush Presidency: How the US became Mired in the Mideast

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the occasion of the death of George H. W. Bush, I’d like to reflect on the meaning of his […]

Juan Cole

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