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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Corruption
Is the Public turning on Trump over Russia Ties, Sessions' Perjury?

Is the Public turning on Trump over Russia Ties, Sessions’ Perjury?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Americans have become deeply concerned about Russia. Some 75% of them see it as a very […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
As Civil War heats up in S. Syria, Palestinian Refugees displaced Again

As Civil War heats up in S. Syria, Palestinian Refugees displaced Again

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the UN agency responsible for providing services to […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Cornel West: Israel Anti-BDS Law Would Ban Einstein from Entry

Cornel West: Israel Anti-BDS Law Would Ban Einstein from Entry

TeleSur | – – The African-American intellectual is one of the BDS movement’s most prominent figures and therefore could be denied entry into Israel under […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
WikiLeaks Vault 7 reveals staggering breadth of 'CIA hacking'

WikiLeaks Vault 7 reveals staggering breadth of ‘CIA hacking’

David Glance | (The Conversation) | – – WikiLeaks today released what it claims is the largest leak of intelligence documents in history. It contains […]

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Donald Trump
Let them eat iPhones:  Jason Chaffetz on Health Care & the Poor (Young Turks)

Let them eat iPhones: Jason Chaffetz on Health Care & the Poor (Young Turks)

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Clip) | – – TYT metadata: “Poor people don’t fund Jason Chaffetz’s campaigns, so they can take a […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
What Syrian Refugees think of Trump's Refugee Ban

What Syrian Refugees think of Trump’s Refugee Ban

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters Arabic reports that a wave of anger swept the Syrian refugee camps of southern Lebanon […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
We ignore the Violence of Radical White Populist Extremism at our Peril

We ignore the Violence of Radical White Populist Extremism at our Peril

By Sindre Bangstad | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – We ignore the terrorist threat from right-wing extremism at our peril. But the main threat to […]

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African-Americans
It's Racism, Stupid.  America's Persistent Racial Wealth Divide

It’s Racism, Stupid. America’s Persistent Racial Wealth Divide

By Josh Hoxie | ( Inequality.org ) | – – A new study shows the legacy of racism far outweighs individual financial decisions in driving […]

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Donald Trump
Is Trump at war with Oceana this Week, or Eastasia?

Is Trump at war with Oceana this Week, or Eastasia?

Rebecca Gordon | Tomdispatch.com | – – In his inaugural address, President Trump described a dark and dismal United States, a country overrun by criminal […]

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