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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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Urgent:  Soil carbon release under global warming to equal U.S. emissions

Urgent: Soil carbon release under global warming to equal U.S. emissions

By Kevin Dennehy | ( YaleNews | – – For decades scientists have speculated that rising global temperatures might alter the ability of soils to […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel Plots Largest Settlement Expansion in Occupied Syrian Golan since 1980

Israel Plots Largest Settlement Expansion in Occupied Syrian Golan since 1980

IMEMC | – – Arab human rights organization resists Israeli plans to construct 1,600 settlement units, and expropriate 25,000 acres of Syrian land in the […]

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Arab Americans
Trump Effect: 867 Hate Incidents in Just 10 Days After Election

Trump Effect: 867 Hate Incidents in Just 10 Days After Election

TeleSur | – – Educators have reported an increase in students using racial slurs, verbally harassing their classmates and writing white nationalist graffiti. The “Trump […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Why Russia and Regime want all of Aleppo before Trump is sworn in

Why Russia and Regime want all of Aleppo before Trump is sworn in

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In the past two days, the Syrian Arab Army and its Shiite militia allies (Hizbullah from […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Right-wing Israeli master plan injures rights in Palestinian E Jerusalem

Right-wing Israeli master plan injures rights in Palestinian E Jerusalem

Ma’an News Agnecy | JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A recent master plan presented by right-wing Jewish activists envisions a “greater Jerusalem” extending far beyond the current […]

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Bill of Rights
Will Trump Bring in a New Era of Surveillance and Torture?

Will Trump Bring in a New Era of Surveillance and Torture?

TeleSur | – – Trump’s picks for important security positions look intent on rolling back civil liberties. While there are many questions about what U.S. […]

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Donald Trump
Trump’s Pentagon Hunger Games:  The Generals “haven’t done the job.”

Trump’s Pentagon Hunger Games: The Generals “haven’t done the job.”

By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com | – – President-elect Donald Trump’s message for the nation’s senior military leadership is ambiguously unambiguous. Here is […]

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Is Jimmy Carter right that Obama should Recognize Palestine?

Is Jimmy Carter right that Obama should Recognize Palestine?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Jimmy Carter wrote and NYT op-ed yesterday in which he called on Barack Obama to arrange […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Will Trump cancel Iran deal or practice the Art of the Deal?

Will Trump cancel Iran deal or practice the Art of the Deal?

by Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | – – US President-elect Donald Trump’s bluster about the Iran nuclear deal has created a lot of confusions […]

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