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Iran’s Khamenei:  Not going to help Trump get Reelected by Negotiating, and besides, America is Collapsing
Donald Trump

Iran’s Khamenei: Not going to help Trump get Reelected by Negotiating, and besides, America is Collapsing

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran’s clerical Leader, Ali Khamenei, knows that Trump’s reelection campaign is in big trouble. And, he thinks Trump wants a […]

Israelis are Protesting Netanyahu, but He is merely the Symptom of a Jim Crow State
Israel/ Palestine

Israelis are Protesting Netanyahu, but He is merely the Symptom of a Jim Crow State

Ramzy Baroud

The 1%’s attack on Unemployment Benefits is a Sign of our Broken Democracy
Employment

The 1%’s attack on Unemployment Benefits is a Sign of our Broken Democracy

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Climate Emergency making you Poor: Coastal Flooding may cost up to 20% of Global Economy in coming Decades

Climate Emergency making you Poor: Coastal Flooding may cost up to 20% of Global Economy in coming Decades

By Ebru Kirezci | – Over the past two weeks, storms pummelling the New South Wales coast have left beachfront homes at Wamberal on the […]

The Conversation

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“Never Seen a Decline of this Magnitude” – ExxonMobil, Crashed by Covid, gets taste of looming Electric Vehicle Crisis

“Never Seen a Decline of this Magnitude” – ExxonMobil, Crashed by Covid, gets taste of looming Electric Vehicle Crisis

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ashton Nichols at The Dallas Morning News reports that ExxonMobil lost over $1 billion in the second quarter, up from […]

Juan Cole

Colonialism
Columbus didn’t represent Italy, and he Killed and Enslaved Americans, and we Don’t need his Statues

Columbus didn’t represent Italy, and he Killed and Enslaved Americans, and we Don’t need his Statues

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot ordered the removal of two statues of Christopher Columbus after police and protesters clashed last […]

Michael Slager

Donald Trump
Trump’s Desperate, last-ditch Effort to Hike Tensions with Iran

Trump’s Desperate, last-ditch Effort to Hike Tensions with Iran

( 48hills.org ) – During the past month, Iran has suffered a half-dozen explosions and fires at military and civilian sites. A bomb blew up […]

Reese Erlich

Epidemics
Medicare Turns 55:  Let’s Celebrate by Covering Everyone!

Medicare Turns 55: Let’s Celebrate by Covering Everyone!

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) — Congress enacted Medicare in July,1965, to provide health insurance for people ages 65 and older and the disabled […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Donald Trump
How Trump broke America: Economy plummets historic 33%, Covid Deaths at 1500/ day, and 40 mn could lose Homes

How Trump broke America: Economy plummets historic 33%, Covid Deaths at 1500/ day, and 40 mn could lose Homes

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s refusal last winter to pull out all the stops to mount an effective national coronavirus response has broken the […]

Juan Cole

Syria
In northern Syria, COVID-19 Threatens Escalation of an already Dramatic Humanitarian Crisis

In northern Syria, COVID-19 Threatens Escalation of an already Dramatic Humanitarian Crisis

By Mousa Mohamed | – Translated by Mariam Abuadas | – ( GlobalVoices.org ) – The ongoing armed conflict in Syria has displaced over 1.6 […]

Global Voices

Democratic Party
Can the Israel Lobbies succeed in unseating Ilhan Omar?

Can the Israel Lobbies succeed in unseating Ilhan Omar?

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Pro-Israel lobby groups in the US have come out in force to unseat Ilhan […]

Middle East Monitor

African-Americans
How the Black Lives Matter movement uses creative tactics to confront systemic racism

How the Black Lives Matter movement uses creative tactics to confront systemic racism

By Nimalan Yoganathan | – The police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd have galvanized anti-racism protests throughout the United States, Canada and elsewhere. […]

The Conversation

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