Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]
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What Everyone Should Know about the Prophet Muhammad
Steve Scholl | (Spirituality and Health Magazine) | – – Muhammad has become a strangely unifying figure in America—able to get conservative Glenn Beck and […]
Dear Mayor Giuliani: We can’t turn our backs on Syrian Refugees
Akil Awan | (Informed Comment) | – – I recently visited Jordan as part of my work on political violence and youth radicalisation for the […]
Will Trump do a deal with Iran or try to Overthrow its Government?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – For all his bluster about renegotiating the Joint Plan for Collective Action regarding Iran’s nuclear enrichment […]
Will Trump really be Isolationist? Or will he March us to War?
By Nick Turse | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – “So is he going to win?” The question washed over me as I slumped in my hard […]
FBI Confirms Rampant Islamophobia: Hate Crimes Surged by 67%
TeleSur | – – While anti-Muslims crimes shot up, Jews still remain the most frequent target of religious-based hate crimes in the U.S. From last […]
A Jerusalem Litmus Test
By Michael G. Roskin | (Informed Comment) | – – A quick and early litmus test of Trump’s “pragmatism”: Will he move the U.S. embassy […]
Neofascist Trump Appointee Bannon: “Anger is a Good thing” “if you’re Fighting to Take this Country Back”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump named Neofascist Stephen Bannon as his White House strategist, a co-equal with incoming White […]
Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East
By Christopher M. Davidson | (Informed Comment) | – – Swept along on a tidal wave of euphoria, by spring 2011 many had cautiously begun […]
A Gwen Ifill Interview with Juan Cole on Iraq & US Withdrawal: In Memoriam
Gwen Ifill/ Juan Cole | (PBS NewsHour) | – – Gwen Ifill, long-time co-anchor of the PBS Newshour, is dead at 61, after a battle […]