Common Grounds

The Seven Secrets of 2020

February 18, 2021 13:07
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/seven-secrets-revealed-by-2020-by-yanis-varoufakis-2020-12?barrier=accesspaylog

By YANIS VAROUFAKIS

Published December 28, 2020

This year has resembled a rapidly receding tide, forcing us to confront submerged truths. One lesson we learned in 2020 is that national governments had been choosing not to exercise their enormous powers so that those whom globalization had enriched could exercise their own.
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Biden and the Fed Leave 1970s Inflation Fears Behind

February 18, 2021 12:49
Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/business/economy/biden-fed-inflation-covid.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210215&instance_id=27155&nl=the-morning&regi_id=146080032&segment_id=51724&te=1&user_id=e

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By Jim Tankersley and Jeanna Smialek

Published February 15, 2021

Administration and Fed officials argue that workers not getting enough stimulus help is a larger concern than potential spikes in consumer prices.
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EVANGELICAL LEADERS ON CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM

March 01, 2021 12:53
Source: Ron Sider Blog

https://ronsiderblog.substack.com/

By Ron Sider

Published February 25, 2021
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Seven Black Swans in the Middle East

March 02, 2021 12:26
Source: Mosaic

https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/politics-current-affairs/2019/09/seven-black-swans-in-the-middle-east/

By MARTIN KRAMER

Published September 24, 2019

From the Yom Kippur War to the Arab Spring, events considered impossible happen in the Middle East with unusual frequency. Here are seven; when will the eighth appear?
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Pope gives Iraqis hope

March 11, 2021 17:25
Source: Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1822111

By Daoud Kuttab

Published March 8, 2021
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How Christian Evangelical Money and Biblical Prophecy Are Driving Immigration to Israel

March 09, 2021 20:02
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-how-christian-evangelical-money-is-driving-immigration-to-israel-1.9590223?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=96ea17f883

By Judy Maltz and Allison Kaplan Sommer

Published March 8,2021

Once the proud preserve of Jewish Diaspora organizations, aliyah funding is increasingly being ‘outsourced’ to deeply devout Christian groups with equally deep pockets and their own motives to encourage the ingathering of the exiles
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Pope Francis and Part Two of the Abraham Accords

March 11, 2021 17:51
Source: Jews News Syndicate

https://www.jns.org/opinion/pope-francis-and-part-two-of-the-abraham-accords/

By Fiamma Nirenstein

Published March 9, 2021

Coming on the heels of Israel’s treaties with several Muslim countries, the meeting between the head of the Vatican and the spiritual leader of Iraq’s Shiites is particularly significant.
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US Church leaders write to President with key Middle East policy recommendations

March 16, 2021 19:14
Source: Independent Catholic News

https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/41742

Published March 12, 2021
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The Wasting of the Evangelical Mind

March 16, 2021 20:40
Source: The New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-wasting-of-the-evangelical-mind

By Michael Luo
Published March 4, 2021

The peculiarities of how American Christianity took shape help explain believers’ vulnerability to conspiratorial thinking and misinformation.
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Who is a Jew? Israel’s High Court of Justice’s Answer Reveals Larger Societal Tensions

March 16, 2021 20:07
Source: The McGill Journal of Political Studies (MJPS)

https://mjps.ssmu.ca/2021/03/15/who-is-a-jew-israels-high-court-of-justices-answer-reveals-larger-societal-tensions/

Published By : Melanie Rose

March 15, 2021
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