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California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech
Academic Freedom

California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech

H. Scott Prosterman

Censoring academic content does nothing to promote “a safe learning environment,” as Newsom’s signing statement concludes.

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COP30 Report Reveals Climate Change is Spreading Infectious Diseases to new Regions

COP30 Report Reveals Climate Change is Spreading Infectious Diseases to new Regions

11/14/2025 By The Conversation

Escalating the Escalation: A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump

Escalating the Escalation: A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump

11/14/2025 By Greg Grandin

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Turkey's Fierce Battle on the Religious Right

Turkey’s Fierce Battle on the Religious Right

(By Ayşe Soysal) … What is happening in Turkey now doesn’t feel like just a simple political disagreement, or even a war-game. It’s an all-out […]

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False Nostalgia:  The Original Fallujah Campaign Destabilized Iraq

False Nostalgia: The Original Fallujah Campaign Destabilized Iraq

(By Juan Cole) We’ve been treated to a rash of articles about how US veterans of the Fallujah campaigns of 2004 are upset about the […]

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Top Ten Ways Ariel Sharon Ruined Israel and the Middle East

Top Ten Ways Ariel Sharon Ruined Israel and the Middle East

(By Juan Cole) Arik Scheinerman, who became Ariel Sharon, was from a Russian family that emigrated to Palestine at a time when Palestinians had been […]

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40 prominent Journalists Call for Release of Detained Colleagues

40 prominent Journalists Call for Release of Detained Colleagues

Sharif Abdel Kouddous: In a strong show of solidarity, nearly 40 correspondents and editors representing 29 international media organizations are calling for the immediate release […]

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Fossil Fuels causing Antarctic Glacier to Melt Irreversibly, raise Sea Levels

Fossil Fuels causing Antarctic Glacier to Melt Irreversibly, raise Sea Levels

(By AFP) Giant Antarctic glacier beyond point of no return (via AFP) Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier, one of the biggest single contributors to world sea-level […]

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Top Ten Things wrong with NSA Surveillance of Americans

Top Ten Things wrong with NSA Surveillance of Americans

(By Peter Van Buren) The debate Edward Snowden envisioned when he revealed the extent of National Security Agency (NSA) spying on Americans has taken a […]

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Human Rights
Ariel Sharon should have been Tried for War Crimes: Human Rights Watch

Ariel Sharon should have been Tried for War Crimes: Human Rights Watch

(By Human Rights Watch) (Jerusalem) – Ariel Sharon died without facing justice for his role in the massacres of hundreds and perhaps thousands of civilians […]

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Did Ariel Sharon get a pass on War Crimes because he was White?

Did Ariel Sharon get a pass on War Crimes because he was White?

(By Juan Cole) It is shameful that Vice President Joe Biden should be attending the funeral of Ariel Sharon today, given that the former Israeli […]

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Iran interim nuclear deal to begin January 20

Iran interim nuclear deal to begin January 20

A landmark interim nuclear deal between Iran and world powers will begin on January 20.

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