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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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Israeli Occupation economically suffocates Palestinian East Jerusalem

Israeli Occupation economically suffocates Palestinian East Jerusalem

By: Al-Shabaka | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – In an unusual move, and after years of neglect, American and European delegations and development agencies […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
The Election that Changed everything and Could be History’s Deal-Breaker

The Election that Changed everything and Could be History’s Deal-Breaker

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – For decades, Washington had a habit of using the Central Intelligence Agency to deep-six governments of […]

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Egypt
Egypt’s Special Courts in time of Crisis are Nothing New

Egypt’s Special Courts in time of Crisis are Nothing New

by Yoram Meital | (Informed Comment) | – – The toppling of a regime, whether by civil insurrection or military coup, invariably gives rise to […]

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Bill of Rights
Can Trump be checked and balanced?

Can Trump be checked and balanced?

By Ulrike G. Theuerkauf | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – The US Presidential system has been much heralded as a prime example of horizontal accountability, […]

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Now that SecDef thinks Israeli Occupation is Apartheid, will the Lobby Blackballing Fail?

Now that SecDef thinks Israeli Occupation is Apartheid, will the Lobby Blackballing Fail?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The interview of Gen. James Mattis by Wolf Blitzer at Aspen in 2013, in which the […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Pakistanis Baffled,  Buoyant over Trump's Fantastical Praise

Pakistanis Baffled, Buoyant over Trump’s Fantastical Praise

By Frud Bezhan | ( RFE/RL) | – – The office of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has cited a phone conversation with Donald Trump […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Too bad, Trump: As EVs take off, Dirty Petroleum in Death Spiral

Too bad, Trump: As EVs take off, Dirty Petroleum in Death Spiral

The Tree | – – The renewable energy revolution is now well underway, but many continue to underestimate just how fast and transformative it is […]

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Donald Trump
Hateful letters to More mosques warning Trump will 'cleanse' US of Muslims

Hateful letters to More mosques warning Trump will ‘cleanse’ US of Muslims

TeleSur | – – The threatening letters have been sent to mosques in at least seven states. “To the children of Satan,” begins the letter […]

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Far Right
How Rupert Murdoch & Fox Created the Fake News Industry

How Rupert Murdoch & Fox Created the Fake News Industry

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The concern about “fake news” now sweeping the inside-the-beltway crowd is a little hilarious, since all […]

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