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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line
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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Braga, Portugal and and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the final days of Israel’s eleven-day war with Iran, the targeted […]

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

06/28/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

06/28/2025 By The Conversation

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Burma: New Satellite Images Confirm Mass Destruction of Rohingya

Burma: New Satellite Images Confirm Mass Destruction of Rohingya

Human Rights Watch | – – 288 Villages, Tens of Thousands of Structures Torched (New York) – Newly released satellite images reveal that at least […]

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ISIL was ended not by Trump or Obama but by Muslims

ISIL was ended not by Trump or Obama but by Muslims

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Raqqa, the capital of the ISIL phony “caliphate” in eastern Syria, has completely fallen, according to […]

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Trump told widow of slain Sgt., he "knew what he was getting into"

Trump told widow of slain Sgt., he “knew what he was getting into”

CBS News | (Video Report) | – – “U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson said that she was in the car when President Trump called the widow […]

Juan Cole

Supreme Court
Justice Roberts used bad Data to end Voting Rights Act & other shoddy SCOTUS Mistakes

Justice Roberts used bad Data to end Voting Rights Act & other shoddy SCOTUS Mistakes

By Ryan Gabrielson | ( ProPublica ) | – – ProPublica review adds fuel to a longstanding worry about the nation’s highest court: The justices […]

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Afghanistan
"Tell me how this Ends"- Gen. Petraeus has decided Forever War Doesn't

“Tell me how this Ends”- Gen. Petraeus has decided Forever War Doesn’t

Will we bequeath Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Nigeria, Korea to our Grandchildren?

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Donald Trump
3 ways Trump's nuclear strategy misunderstands Iran's Mood

3 ways Trump’s nuclear strategy misunderstands Iran’s Mood

Iranian public opinion rejects further sanctions and is ready to walk away from deal

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Donald Trump
No, It Wasn't Iran: Top 7 Reasons Baghdad took Kirkuk

No, It Wasn’t Iran: Top 7 Reasons Baghdad took Kirkuk

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Iraqi Army and its Shiite militia adjuncts have taken Kirkuk city and raised the Iraqi […]

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France
France's Macron slams Trump 'Bad Policy' by Mulling Iran Visit, Seeking Trade

France’s Macron slams Trump ‘Bad Policy’ by Mulling Iran Visit, Seeking Trade

TeleSur Macron’s visit to Iran would be the first by a French head of state or government since 1976. Widening transatlantic divisions are coming into […]

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Legal weed: An accidental solution to the opioid crisis?

Legal weed: An accidental solution to the opioid crisis?

Colorado experiment yielding evidence

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