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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist
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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist

Norman Solomon

Trump and his MAGA followers are hardly going to forsake their standard mix of bigotry, anti-immigrant mania and other political toxins

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MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

11/26/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

Ozymandias on the Potomac:  Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

Ozymandias on the Potomac: Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

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What would America be Like if it was Like Gaza?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – What would America be like if it was like Gaza? On October 8, 2023, the Alien invasion long feared by […]

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The Verse “Hear O Israel” is Common to Judaism and Islam

The Verse “Hear O Israel” is Common to Judaism and Islam

( The Times of Israel) – This Shabbat we read the second paragraph of the Shema, and last week we read the first paragraph which […]

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We, alumni recipients of the MLK Spirit Award, return our awards and urge the University to divest

We, alumni recipients of the MLK Spirit Award, return our awards and urge the University to divest

By Anna Dang and 65 other MLK Spirit Award Recipients | – ( Michigan Daily ) – We, the undersigned, are alumni recipients of the […]

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We Humans are embedded in a Web of Intelligent Life, not the Pinnacle of a Hierarchy

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – From the largest to the smallest and the oldest to the youngest creatures on Earth–Antarctic blue whales […]

H. Patricia Hynes

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Life in Gaza is even Harder than it appears on Screen: The Struggles of Daily Life

Life in Gaza is even Harder than it appears on Screen: The Struggles of Daily Life

Written byUntoldMag   Photo by Issam Hajjaj, illustrated by Zena El Abdallah, used with permission. This story was written by Issam Hani Hajjaj and originally […]

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From the Front Lines of Nonviolence in Palestine

From the Front Lines of Nonviolence in Palestine

Nonviolence Radio A conversation from the frontlines of nonviolence in Palestine Meet Palestinian-American activist Amira Musallam. She is resisting eviction from her family’s land by […]

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Palestinian Baby in Gaza Paralyzed by Polio, as Israel Rejects UN Ceasefire Call to allow Vaccinations

Palestinian Baby in Gaza Paralyzed by Polio, as Israel Rejects UN Ceasefire Call to allow Vaccinations

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Julian Borger at The Guardian reports that the first verified case of type 2 poliovirus in 25 years in Gaza, […]

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Are a Majority of Israelis now War Rape Apologists? The Sde Teiman Scandal

Are a Majority of Israelis now War Rape Apologists? The Sde Teiman Scandal

By Binoy Kampmark | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – In 2007, writer Tal Nitsan isolated instances where Israeli male combatants systematically used sexual […]

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Hope on the Horizon? What Bangladesh’s Regime Change could mean for Rohingya Refugees

Hope on the Horizon? What Bangladesh’s Regime Change could mean for Rohingya Refugees

By Sarah Nandi, McGill University | – Bangladesh is experiencing a seismic shift after 18 years of Awami League rule ended abruptly due to intensive […]

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