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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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The Mystery of Washington’s Iran Derangement Syndrome

The Mystery of Washington’s Iran Derangement Syndrome

By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – “Everywhere you look, if there is trouble in the region,” Secretary of Defense James Mattis told […]

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Baghdad and Manchester:  Let's Commemorate ISIL Victims in Both

Baghdad and Manchester: Let’s Commemorate ISIL Victims in Both

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – ISIL (ISIS, Daesh) lashed out at the civilian population in Iraq on Tuesday with three bombings […]

Juan Cole

Coal
Coal in Death spiral as India cancels 14 gigs, and Solar prices Plummet

Coal in Death spiral as India cancels 14 gigs, and Solar prices Plummet

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – China and India have knocked the United States off the top spot of the index of […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
If They’re Wrong, the Planet Dies

If They’re Wrong, the Planet Dies

By Edward Hunt. | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – The Obama administration could have done more to stop climate change. The Trump […]

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Donald Trump
The rising homegrown terror threat on the right

The rising homegrown terror threat on the right

By Arie Perliger | (The Conversation) | – – The murder in College Park, Maryland of Richard Collins III, an African-American student who had recently […]

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European Union
Germany:  We Europeans must Depend on Selves, not Trump's USA

Germany: We Europeans must Depend on Selves, not Trump’s USA

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, certainly knew what she was doing when she made her […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Beautiful A-Bombs and CO2:  All the ways a Disturbed Trump could Blow up the World

Beautiful A-Bombs and CO2: All the ways a Disturbed Trump could Blow up the World

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – He’s huge. Outsized. He fills the news hole at any moment of any day. His over-tanned […]

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Democracy
Is Rouhani's Reelection a step toward Democracy for Iran?

Is Rouhani’s Reelection a step toward Democracy for Iran?

Ebrahim Deen | (Informed Comment) | – – Hassan Rouhani’s victory in Last Friday’s Iranian presidential election, by a large majority, portents a continuation of […]

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censorship
Egypt Ups Systematic Efforts to Silence Independent Media

Egypt Ups Systematic Efforts to Silence Independent Media

By Salma Essam | ( Globalvoices.org) | – – The Egyptian government’s efforts to crack down on critical media platforms reached news heights this week […]

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