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Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health
Donald Trump

Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health

Dan Dinello

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – With a Cabinet full of fascists, fools, drunks, and sycophants, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands out as a […]

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

09/08/2025 By Juan Cole

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

09/08/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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With Trump AWOL, Can Europe & China Lead Globe away from Climate Suicide?

With Trump AWOL, Can Europe & China Lead Globe away from Climate Suicide?

After a technically successful climate summit last year, it is time to see which countries address scientific warnings with ambition

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No, Trump is not like Obama on Middle East policy

No, Trump is not like Obama on Middle East policy

Obama wanted to calm the waters in the Middle East, then shift the burden of policing it to America’s partners there

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UN Takes Charge of Saudi Girl in Thailand seeking Asylum, Fearing Family Violence

UN Takes Charge of Saudi Girl in Thailand seeking Asylum, Fearing Family Violence

She came from Kuwait with the intention of escaping what she described as violence by her family.

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What the Witty, Irreverent, Sensual Poetry of Ghalib can Teach Americans

What the Witty, Irreverent, Sensual Poetry of Ghalib can Teach Americans

Love-crazed yet craving life. I worship fire./ But recant when lightning finds me out.

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President Bolton overrules Feckless Trump Tweet on Syria Withdrawal

President Bolton overrules Feckless Trump Tweet on Syria Withdrawal

US allies would not be left in the lurch, he pledged

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Climate Sabotage & Forever Wars: Is America the Most Dangerous Country in the World?

Climate Sabotage & Forever Wars: Is America the Most Dangerous Country in the World?

On Climate Change, quagmire seems like an appropriate image, as long as we keep in mind that we are the aggressors.

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Israeli Squatter attacks against Palestinian Natives Tripled in 2018

Israeli Squatter attacks against Palestinian Natives Tripled in 2018

At least 482 attacks against Palestinians last year

Middle East Monitor

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Men can no Longer Divorce Wives without Telling Them

Saudi Men can no Longer Divorce Wives without Telling Them

Oftentimes, wives would lose the alimony they were rightfully entitled to

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Rashida Tlaib and Working Class Authenticity v. Trump's Plutocrat Pretense

Rashida Tlaib and Working Class Authenticity v. Trump’s Plutocrat Pretense

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Why does Donald Trump get a pass on speaking and acting obscenely but Rashida Tlaib is pilloried for calling him […]

Juan Cole

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