“These first few months [have resulted] in the Trump administration’s cuts to scientific and medical research, clampdown on any efforts promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), newly aggressive policies for […]
Main Content
Iraq defeated ISIL, but can it defeat Extremism?
By Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | (Niqash.org) | – – The military campaign against the Islamic State is almost over. But now, locals and politicians […]
World, horrified at Trump, sends US Ranking Plummeting
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The US is usually number 1 in the German research firm Gfk’s rankings, headed up by […]
Lebanon PM Hariri will go to France from Saudi Arabia
Middle East Monitor | – – Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his family are expected to visit Paris within 48 hours after he […]
Can a Free Internet Survive FCC End to Net Neutrality?
TeleSur | – – The Trump administration plans to deregulate internet access, effectively handing over the ‘free internet’ to private corporations. Chairman of the Federal […]
Groping for Manhood: Time for the Bystanders to Challenge the Bullies
By Robert Lipsyte | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Almost 80, I’ve been stunned and bewildered by the ever-expanding list of sexually predatory males, from movie […]
Pres. Aoun: Saudi Holding Hariri an Act of Aggression
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Beirut newspaper Al-Nahar [The Day] reports that President Michel Aoun of Lebanon said Wednesday, “Nothing […]
From Slights to Kow-Towing, Trump does Ugly American in Asia
By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Fresh off an Asia trip where he showed surprising deference to dictators, Trump looks […]
The Trump/GOP war on Science targets Grad Students
By Jill Richardson Imagine having to pay thousands of dollars of taxes on virtually no income. The Republican tax plan winding its way through Congress […]
US Military Budget soars to $700 bn., as much as next 14 Countries
But Congress says no money for Single Payer
© 2025 All Rights Reserved