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Trump’s Immigrant Gulags:  A Bonanza For Private Prison Corporations
Donald Trump

Trump’s Immigrant Gulags: A Bonanza For Private Prison Corporations

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When it comes to for-profit, private corporate incarceration of immigrants, making lots of money is like drinking […]

“The Bird is on the Wing”: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:7

“The Bird is on the Wing”: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:7

08/30/2025 By Juan Cole

The price of genocide: How US Funding sustains an unraveling Israeli Economy

The price of genocide: How US Funding sustains an unraveling Israeli Economy

08/30/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Assassination is always unlawful – Regardless of who is Killed and on whose Orders

Assassination is always unlawful – Regardless of who is Killed and on whose Orders

By Mary Ellen O’Connell, University of Notre Dame | – (The Conversation) – >Assassination is a particular form of murder. Regardless of who carries out […]

The Conversation

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A Proclamation regarding the Anniversary of the First Nuclear War Crimes

A Proclamation regarding the Anniversary of the First Nuclear War Crimes

August 6 and 9: A Proclamation Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As I write, five of nine governments with arsenals of nuclear […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel
Turkey's Erdoğan threatens to intervene in Israel

Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens to intervene in Israel

( Globalvoices.org ) – A verbal spat between Turkey and Israel highlighted the country’s complicated relationship with Israel and Palestine and drew attention to Turkish […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Donald Trump
The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans

The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans

By Alec MacGillis | – ( ProPublica ) – In January 2023, a group of about 15 people gathered for three days at the Heritage […]

ProPublica

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Using US Tech Giants' "Cloud" and A.I., Israel Bombed Schools, killing 24 Children, to hit 2 "Saboteurs"

Using US Tech Giants’ “Cloud” and A.I., Israel Bombed Schools, killing 24 Children, to hit 2 “Saboteurs”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Sunday, the Los Angeles Times reports, “In Deir al Balah, Gaza, an Israeli strike hit a tent camp for […]

Juan Cole

Islam-hatred
As Far Right Islamophobic Mobs riot in the UK, Online Merchants of Hate work their Audiences

As Far Right Islamophobic Mobs riot in the UK, Online Merchants of Hate work their Audiences

By Richard Fern, Swansea University | – The frightening scenes of far-right extremists clashing with police and even rioting in British towns and cities in […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Just how Traumatizing will Election 2024 Be?

Just how Traumatizing will Election 2024 Be?

( Tomdispatch.com) – Imagine my surprise when, nearly eight months ago, commenting on the state of the country as it approached the 2024 presidential election, […]

Karen J. Greenberg

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Iran condemns "medieval barbarity" of Israel's Sde Teiman Camp, insists on Right to Deter further Aggression

Iran condemns “medieval barbarity” of Israel’s Sde Teiman Camp, insists on Right to Deter further Aggression

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Iranian spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Nasser Kanani, condemned Israel on Saturday on “X” for practicing “medieval forms of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Lawmakers try to Block Torture Prosecutions

Israeli Lawmakers try to Block Torture Prosecutions

By Bill Van Esveld, Associate Director, MENA, Children’s Rights Division | – A standoff at Israel’s Sde Teiman military base this week has thrown longstanding […]

Human Rights Watch

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