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The Earth and Human Beings must Be Saved Together
Biodiversity

The Earth and Human Beings must Be Saved Together

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A postcard I use as a bookmarker contains a set of principles for gardening in urban soils […]

Climate Breakdown makes Atmosphere Thirstier, Worsens Droughts

Climate Breakdown makes Atmosphere Thirstier, Worsens Droughts

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Illegal and Immoral: Israel’s Kidnapping of Greta Thunberg and the Madleen Aid Ship on the High Seas

Illegal and Immoral: Israel’s Kidnapping of Greta Thunberg and the Madleen Aid Ship on the High Seas

06/10/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Authoritarianism
Preparing for the Normalization of a Neofascist White House

Preparing for the Normalization of a Neofascist White House

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It is 2017, and shortly the White House will be inhabited by an unscrupulous, corrupt narcissist […]

Juan Cole

Russia
No, it's not a new Cold War: The USSR is Gone Forever

No, it’s not a new Cold War: The USSR is Gone Forever

By Ghia Nodia | (Project Syndicate) | – – MOSCOW – This New Year’s Eve marks the 25th anniversary of the formal dissolution of the […]

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Israel/ Palestine
2016: A deadly year in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory and Israel

2016: A deadly year in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory and Israel

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The past year has been one of the deadliest and most violent in recent years for […]

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Authoritarianism
Wall Street Journal Wouldn't Call a Lie a Lie If Trump Says It

Wall Street Journal Wouldn’t Call a Lie a Lie If Trump Says It

TeleSur | – – The paper is worried about objectivity, said WSJ editor-in-chief Gerard Baker. The Wall Street Journal would not call a lie a […]

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Donald Trump
America’s Major Challenges in Middle East Policy, 2017

America’s Major Challenges in Middle East Policy, 2017

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The incoming Trump administration is riven by a profound division between those determined to avoid deep […]

Juan Cole

Health Care
Rethinking The Cost of War

Rethinking The Cost of War

By Mike Hixenbaugh for The Virginian-Pilot, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica | – – There are many ways to measure the cost of U.S. involvement in […]

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Terrorism
2016 mean till the end:  New Year's Eve Massacre in Istanbul

2016 mean till the end: New Year’s Eve Massacre in Istanbul

Aljazeera English | (Video News Report) | – – Aljazeera English: “Dozens killed in Istanbul nightclub shooting”

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestine 2017: Time to embrace the Globe, give up on US

Palestine 2017: Time to embrace the Globe, give up on US

By Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – There is no doubt that the UN Security Council condemnation of Israel on Friday, December […]

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Top Eight Mideast Stories of 2016 that Shaped our World

Top Eight Mideast Stories of 2016 that Shaped our World

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In 2016, the Middle East continued to be a major focus of the US public, and […]

Juan Cole

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