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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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Climate Emergency strikes Islam's Holy Ritual, with nearly 600 dead of Heat stroke at 124.24° F. in Mecca

Climate Emergency strikes Islam’s Holy Ritual, with nearly 600 dead of Heat stroke at 124.24° F. in Mecca

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the temperature in Mecca reached 125.24° F. (51.8° C.) on Tuesday, word leaked out that nearly 600 pilgrims had […]

Juan Cole

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Unprecedentedly Hot: Why we Need a National Climate Action Plan

Unprecedentedly Hot: Why we Need a National Climate Action Plan

By John J. Berger ( Tomdispatch.com ) – While April and May are usually the hottest months in many countries in Southeast Asia, hundreds of […]

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Protesting the U of Minnesota Reneging on Job offer to Genocide Specialist Raz Segal over Gaza

Protesting the U of Minnesota Reneging on Job offer to Genocide Specialist Raz Segal over Gaza

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Jeff Ettinger Interim President University of Minnesota upres@umn.edu . . .   Dear President Ettinger and […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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A Baby born in April 2023 has never Experienced a Month that wasn’t the Hottest on Record

A Baby born in April 2023 has never Experienced a Month that wasn’t the Hottest on Record

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – When a baby born on April 1, 2023 reached 14 months and became a toddler this month, it had never […]

Juan Cole

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Biden Administration concerned Israel will drag US into War with Lebanon, Officials reveal

Biden Administration concerned Israel will drag US into War with Lebanon, Officials reveal

( Middle East Monitor ) – The administration of United States’ president Joe Biden has grown increasingly concerned that Israel could drag the US into […]

Middle East Monitor

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Is Earth Really Getting too Hot for People to Survive? A Scientist Explains

Is Earth Really Getting too Hot for People to Survive? A Scientist Explains

By Scott Denning, Colorado State University | – My parents said the planet is getting too hot for people to live here. They called it […]

The Conversation

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Far Right Supreme Court enables Mass Murder in Service to Republican Ideology

Far Right Supreme Court enables Mass Murder in Service to Republican Ideology

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – “How can you be so obtuse?” That question to the sadistic warden got Tim Robbins’ character, Andy, […]

H. Scott Prosterman

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Gaza: Weaponizing Aid beyond Starvation

Gaza: Weaponizing Aid beyond Starvation

( Middle East Monitor) – Israel’s raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp killed 274 Palestinians and wounded 700 more in order to free four healthy-looking […]

Ramona Wadi

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Trump or Biden on Israel?

Trump or Biden on Israel?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Recently, I attended a demonstration called by groups opposing the carnage in Gaza, where eight months of air, ground, and sea […]

Bob Dreyfuss

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