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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line
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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Braga, Portugal and and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the final days of Israel’s eleven-day war with Iran, the targeted […]

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

06/28/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

06/28/2025 By The Conversation

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Donald Trump and the German Far Right: Is it Democratic to Prosecute Fascism?

Donald Trump and the German Far Right: Is it Democratic to Prosecute Fascism?

Chemnitz, Germany (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Germany and the United States have very different political cultures, but also some similarities. They are both […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Chechnya
How Moscow Terror Attack fits ISIL-K Strategy to Widen Agenda against Perceived Enemies

How Moscow Terror Attack fits ISIL-K Strategy to Widen Agenda against Perceived Enemies

By Sara Harmouch, American University, and Amira Jadoon, Clemson University | – Russia is reeling from the worst terror strike on its soil in a […]

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Climate Crisis
A Slow-Motion World War III?  Imperial decline in the Age of Climate Change

A Slow-Motion World War III? Imperial decline in the Age of Climate Change

( Tomdispatch.com ) – I’ve been describing this world of ours, such as it is, for almost 23 years at TomDispatch. I’ve written my way […]

Tom Engelhardt

Algeria
The Middle East Ranks at the Bottom of Gallup's Happiness Index, except for Rich Oil States; is the US to Blame?

The Middle East Ranks at the Bottom of Gallup’s Happiness Index, except for Rich Oil States; is the US to Blame?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The annual Gallup report on happiness by country came out this week. It is based on a three-year average of […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
Total U.S. Billionaire Wealth is Up 88 Percent over Four Years

Total U.S. Billionaire Wealth is Up 88 Percent over Four Years

By Chuck Collins and Omar Ocampo | – ( Inequality.org ) – Four years ago, the United States entered the Covid-19 pandemic. Forbes published its […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Echos of our Lost Home in Gaza

Echos of our Lost Home in Gaza

By Haneen Abo Soad | – The author’s four-generation land and home were destroyed by Israeli F16 rockets in January, reducing it to rubble. Photo […]

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Chechnya
Is ISIL attack on Moscow Concert Blowback for Chechnya and Syria?

Is ISIL attack on Moscow Concert Blowback for Chechnya and Syria?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Friday an ISIL terrorist team killed dozens of people and wounded over 145 at the Crocus City Music Hall […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Climate Crisis could drive 200 million Africans to Extreme Hunger by 2050

Climate Crisis could drive 200 million Africans to Extreme Hunger by 2050

By Philip Kofi Adom, University of the Witwatersrand | – (The Conversation) – African countries will suffer significant economic loss after 2050 if global warming […]

The Conversation

Arab Americans
Invisible No More: The Gov’t could Soon include Americans of Middle East and N. African Origin in its Data

Invisible No More: The Gov’t could Soon include Americans of Middle East and N. African Origin in its Data

By Simon Marshall-Shah | ( Michigan Advance ) – Without equitable data systems, governmental policies will always come up short of fairly representing all of […]

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