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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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How Racism in the West is Changing: from Exploitation to Competition

How Racism in the West is Changing: from Exploitation to Competition

By Anne-Ruth Wertheim | ( Joop ) In addition to racism in our parts predominantly taking the guise of Islamophobia in recent decades, now all […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Turkey: Mass Deportations of Syrians to dangerous Areas

Turkey: Mass Deportations of Syrians to dangerous Areas

Human Rights Watch | – – EU Should Raise Issue, Pledge Aid at Conference (Brussels) – Turkish security forces have routinely intercepted hundreds, and at […]

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Climate Change
Buried, altered, silenced: 4 ways government climate information has changed since Trump took office

Buried, altered, silenced: 4 ways government climate information has changed since Trump took office

By Morgan Currie and Britt S. Paris | The Conversation | – – After Donald Trump won the presidential election, hundreds of volunteers around the […]

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Syria: A Market bombing kills 38 and Explains why Government won Syria War

Syria: A Market bombing kills 38 and Explains why Government won Syria War

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A rocket fired by rebel forces at a market, Kashkul, in the Jaramana suburb of Damascus […]

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African-Americans
Increasingly Ludicrous WH denial that Austin bombings were "terrorism"

Increasingly Ludicrous WH denial that Austin bombings were “terrorism”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Update: The suspect in the central Texas bombings is dead, after he detonated a bomb in […]

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BDS Occupied Territories
Actor Cynthia Nixon, NY Governor Hopeful, attacked over Israel Boycott

Actor Cynthia Nixon, NY Governor Hopeful, attacked over Israel Boycott

Middle East Monitor | – – A leading pro-Israel activist is attempting to derail an American actor’s bid to become the governor of New York […]

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Authoritarianism
French Ex-President Sarkozy arrested over Libya Campaign money Charges

French Ex-President Sarkozy arrested over Libya Campaign money Charges

TeleSur | – – Sarkozy has categorically denied receiving any campaign funding from the North African country. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was detained by […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
On Seeing America’s Wars Whole: Six Questions for the New York Times

On Seeing America’s Wars Whole: Six Questions for the New York Times

By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Dear Mr. Sulzberger: Congratulations on assuming the reins of this nation’s — and arguably, the […]

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racism
A "Serial Bomber" in Austin?  Civil Rights Activists Targeted and Trump is Silent

A “Serial Bomber” in Austin? Civil Rights Activists Targeted and Trump is Silent

TeleSur | – – Two of the people who were killed belonged to African-American families with deep roots to city’s Black, religious and civil-rights groups. […]

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