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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East

Dan Steinbock

As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more […]

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

06/22/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

06/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Environmentalism
Top 4 myths about Electric Cars & why they should not Discourage You

Top 4 myths about Electric Cars & why they should not Discourage You

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – China produced 680,000 electric vehicles last year, as much as the rest of the world combined. […]

Juan Cole

Islam
What is Missing in our Sunni-Shi’a Conflict Narrative?

What is Missing in our Sunni-Shi’a Conflict Narrative?

Ali R. Abootalebi | (Informed Comment) | – – The Sunni-Shi’a schism provides for different narrative and prescriptions for arriving at the ‘utopian Islamic society’ […]

Juan Cole

Guns
Our High Schoolers as Assault Weapon Guinea Pigs

Our High Schoolers as Assault Weapon Guinea Pigs

By Belle Chesler | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – “It was no surprise to anyone who knew him to hear that he was the shooter.” […]

Juan Cole

Health
5 things we Know about People who live Longest, and their Communities

5 things we Know about People who live Longest, and their Communities

By Megan Wildhood | ( Yes! Magazine | – – How communities are using longevity research to ensure everyone has a long, healthy life. The […]

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Climate Change
How Maine climate activists found their power potential by moving past one-off protests

How Maine climate activists found their power potential by moving past one-off protests

By George Lakey | ( Waging Nonviolence | – – Rob Levin, a Quaker attorney in Portland, Maine, has been concerned about the growing climate […]

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Syria
Syria’s war at home is giving way to dangerous proxy conflicts

Syria’s war at home is giving way to dangerous proxy conflicts

By Moritz Pieper | (The Conversation) | – – As Syrian government forces crush the country’s largest remaining rebel strongholds and with Bashar al-Assad apparently […]

contributors

Donald Trump
Tower of Jello: The Struggle of Russia and UAE over Tillerson's helming of State Department

Tower of Jello: The Struggle of Russia and UAE over Tillerson’s helming of State Department

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The New Yorker reports that there was a further Steele memo, prepared by the same ex-MI6 […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Ignoring White Supremacists, Trump Smears Immigrants as Terrorists

Ignoring White Supremacists, Trump Smears Immigrants as Terrorists

By Arnold R. Isaacs | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – When you see an immigrant or a foreign visitor, especially from a Muslim country, should […]

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Netanyahu & Trump, both under Investigation, Meet on phony 'Deal of the Century'

Netanyahu & Trump, both under Investigation, Meet on phony ‘Deal of the Century’

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Far right Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet Monday with far right white nationalist president […]

Juan Cole

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