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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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US Centcom Commander in Syria to Coordinate Kurds, Arabs against ISIL

US Centcom Commander in Syria to Coordinate Kurds, Arabs against ISIL

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Robert Burns of AP reported on the visit inside Syria of the head of the US […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
New Turkish PM Firmly Behind Erdogan on Executive Presidency

New Turkish PM Firmly Behind Erdogan on Executive Presidency

TeleSur | – – Binali Yildirim was unanimously selected by members of Turkey’s ruling party to be the country’s next prime minister. Turkey’s incoming prime […]

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Education
Student Protest, Black Lives Matter, & the Corporate University

Student Protest, Black Lives Matter, & the Corporate University

By Aviva Chomsky | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – During the past academic year, an upsurge of student activism, a movement of millennials, has swept campuses […]

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Displaced and Refugees
UN Overwhelmed: Climate & Conflict have created 60 mn Refugees, Half of them Children

UN Overwhelmed: Climate & Conflict have created 60 mn Refugees, Half of them Children

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME, May 20 2016 (IPS) – “We cannot keep jumping from crisis to crisis. We […]

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Acidification of Oceans
The Hottest Year on Record:  12th month in a row of unprecedented heat

The Hottest Year on Record: 12th month in a row of unprecedented heat

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) | – – “The planet keeps getting warmer. The level of destruction from natural disasters is also climbing. Cenk […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians Capture Israeli Extremists Who Attacked Farmers

Palestinians Capture Israeli Extremists Who Attacked Farmers

By IMEMC | – – Palestinian members of local neighborhood watch committee, in Talfit village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, managed […]

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Dissent
Baghdad on Lockdown not from fear of ISIL but of poor Protesters

Baghdad on Lockdown not from fear of ISIL but of poor Protesters

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Baghdad was a ghost town on Saturday,, as security forces fanned out, blocking key roads into […]

Juan Cole

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Egyptians "shocked" at Lieberman Appointment, note Barak's accusation of "fascism" in Tel Aviv

Egyptians “shocked” at Lieberman Appointment, note Barak’s accusation of “fascism” in Tel Aviv

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – What do Israel’s Arab neighbors think about the political earthquake that struck PM Binyamin Netanyahu’s cabinet […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda's Al-Zawahiri, 9/11 Mastermind, Plays Syrian Politics

Al-Qaeda’s Al-Zawahiri, 9/11 Mastermind, Plays Syrian Politics

By Sam Heller | ( RFE/RL ) | – – When the self-proclaimed Islamic State declared the establishment of a global Muslim “caliphate” in 2014, […]

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