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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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Afghanistan
The World's Nod to Taliban Misogyny

The World’s Nod to Taliban Misogyny

By Tarique Niazi | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The United Nations recently hosted a third round of talks on Afghanistan in […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Israel/ Palestine
Record Israeli Land Grab fuels already soaring Tension in the West Bank

Record Israeli Land Grab fuels already soaring Tension in the West Bank

By Serag El Hegazi, University of Bradford | – (The Conversation) – Israel has reportedly approved its largest seizure of land in the occupied West […]

The Conversation

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Biden's $270 mn Gaza Aid Pier to be Mothballed, but "Famine has spread across the Entire Gaza Strip"

Biden’s $270 mn Gaza Aid Pier to be Mothballed, but “Famine has spread across the Entire Gaza Strip”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Navy Times reports that the US aid pier at Gaza will be permanently decommissioned. The $270 million pier could […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Extreme Heat Waves Broiling the US in 2024 aren't Normal: How Climate Change is Heating up the World

Extreme Heat Waves Broiling the US in 2024 aren’t Normal: How Climate Change is Heating up the World

By Mathew Barlow, UMass Lowell and Jeffrey Basara, UMass Lowell | – (The Conversation) – Less than a month into summer 2024, the vast majority […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Who Thinks Donald Trump is Racist?  Other Racists, that’s Who

Who Thinks Donald Trump is Racist? Other Racists, that’s Who

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Former president Donald Trump often finds himself on the defensive against accusations of racism. He regularly denies the charges, distorting his […]

Tomdispatch

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The Great Soccer Massacre: Israeli Air Force Kills 29 Refugees as it tries to get at one Militant

The Great Soccer Massacre: Israeli Air Force Kills 29 Refugees as it tries to get at one Militant

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Turkish news service TRT reports from wire services that an Israeli air strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran's new Reformist President offers Hope to the West and Cover for the Conservative Establishment

Iran’s new Reformist President offers Hope to the West and Cover for the Conservative Establishment

By Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, SOAS, University of London | – (The Conversation) – Good news for democracy in Iran – words which in recent times, particularly […]

The Conversation

Supreme Court
Judgment Day for America’s Worst Supreme Court Justice

Judgment Day for America’s Worst Supreme Court Justice

( Tomdispatch.com ) – At least I had the courage to do the deed myself. That counts for something here on the other side of […]

Ariel Dorfman

Authoritarianism
The French showed us how to Fight SCOTUS’s Immunization of Trump for 2nd-Term Despotism

The French showed us how to Fight SCOTUS’s Immunization of Trump for 2nd-Term Despotism

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The MAGA Supreme Court created a lawless presidency with their opinion on Trump immunity last week. In doing […]

Dan Dinello

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