Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The terms of the Trump ceasefire in Gaza required Israeli authorities to allow 600 trucks of food and medical aid […]
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Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump
By Mattea Kramer and Sean Fogler ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The federal takeover of Washington, D.C., rightfully attracted extensive media coverage, but an executive order […]
While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit
Beijing raised its profile at the annual Shanghai Cooperation Council summit of non-Western countries just by providing a forum. London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]
“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12
Quatrain no. 12 in the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám concerns the imperative to live in the moment and take our […]
Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover
By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University (The Conversation) – The Israeli airstrike targeting senior Hamas political leaders in Qatar on Sept. 9, 2025, represents the […]
Remembering William Blake on our Relationship with Nature in an Age of Environmental Degradation
Excerpt from Mark Vernon, Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination (London: Hurst, 2025): We are inclined to forget that this world is […]
Top 4 Reasons Netanyahu Bombed Negotiators’ Offices in Qatar
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bombed the building being used by civilian Hamas negotiators in Doha, Qatar, […]
Why Conflict Refugees are Particularly Vulnerable to Climate Risks
By Kerrie Holloway, ODI Global (The Conversation) – After heavy rains, a landslide “completely levelled” a remote village in western Sudan in early September. It […]
Is Trump Christian America’s Golden Calf?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – It was a moment somewhat like this, 30 years ago, that turned me into a biblical scholar. In the lead-up to […]
How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]
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