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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*
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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

08/27/2025 By Juan Cole

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

08/27/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: The United Nations warns that extreme Hunger threatens to engulf an entire Population

Gaza: The United Nations warns that extreme Hunger threatens to engulf an entire Population

By Clare Dix, University of the Sunshine Coast and Helen Truby, The University of Queensland | – The risk of famine looms in Gaza. International […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
The “Black Lives don’t Matter” President: Holding Trump accountable for a Lifetime of Racism

The “Black Lives don’t Matter” President: Holding Trump accountable for a Lifetime of Racism

By Clarence Lusane ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Donald Trump was the worst president for Black people in the modern era, if not the nation’s history. […]

Tomdispatch

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Will Türkiye Stay Committed to the Kurdish Peace Process?

Will Türkiye Stay Committed to the Kurdish Peace Process?

(Istanbul: Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On October 22, Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and an ally of […]

Volkan Isbasaran

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Extremists Plan for the Day after the Genocide: “Gaza is Ours, Forever.”

Israel’s Extremists Plan for the Day after the Genocide: “Gaza is Ours, Forever.”

( Middle East Monitor ) – Under the slogan ‘Gaza is Ours, Forever’, a large number of Israeli extremists and right-wing politicians met in the […]

Ramzy Baroud

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine’s Economy teeters on the Brink after a Year of War and unrelenting Destruction

Palestine’s Economy teeters on the Brink after a Year of War and unrelenting Destruction

By Dalia Alazzeh, University of the West of Scotland and Shahzad Uddin, University of Essex | – (The Conversation) – The Palestinian economy has been […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Echoes and Parallels from 1939 – Trump’s Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden

Echoes and Parallels from 1939 – Trump’s Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On February 20, 1939, the German-American Bund held a rally at Madison Square Garden (MSG) called a […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s ban on UNRWA continues a Pattern of politicizing Palestinian refugee Aid – and puts Millions of Lives at Risk

Israel’s ban on UNRWA continues a Pattern of politicizing Palestinian refugee Aid – and puts Millions of Lives at Risk

By Nicholas R. Micinski, University of Maine and Kelsey Norman, Rice University | – (The Conversation) – The Israeli parliament’s vote on Oct. 28, 2024, […]

The Conversation

Democracy
Pennsylvania’s Undecideds: The 2024 Election Will Likely Turn on the Democrats’ Ground Game

Pennsylvania’s Undecideds: The 2024 Election Will Likely Turn on the Democrats’ Ground Game

( Tomdispatch.com ) – If you’re like many of my friends, I know what you’re thinking: OMG, how is it even possible that half the […]

Bob Dreyfuss

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More Genocide:  Israel Bans UNRWA, Guaranteeing Further Spike in Maternal and Infant Deaths in Gaza

More Genocide: Israel Bans UNRWA, Guaranteeing Further Spike in Maternal and Infant Deaths in Gaza

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli parliament on Monday passed legislation declaring the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, authorized by the UN General […]

Juan Cole

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