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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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Education
Teaching tolerance: Five Israeli schools unite Jews and Palestinians

Teaching tolerance: Five Israeli schools unite Jews and Palestinians

By: Anna Kokko | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – JAFFA (Ma’an) — Paper lanterns crafted for Ramadan are hanging over the heads of children […]

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astronomy and outer space
Science Reveals Pluto -- (Why Can't we Trust it on Climate Change)?

Science Reveals Pluto — (Why Can’t we Trust it on Climate Change)?

NASA | (Video Press Conference and Images) | – – “NASA officials and team members of the New Horizons mission to Pluto participate in a […]

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Economy
European Companies poised for Iran Gold Rush but will Hill Keep US Out?

European Companies poised for Iran Gold Rush but will Hill Keep US Out?

By Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/ RL) Many of the punishing UN, U.S., and EU financial and energy sanctions imposed on Iran in recent years […]

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Acidification of Oceans
While Americans obsess about ISIL, Rest of World Fears Global Warming

While Americans obsess about ISIL, Rest of World Fears Global Warming

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The world at large is apparently divided over what constitutes the […]

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Did rise of Daesh/ ISIL ensure Iran Nuclear Deal?

Did rise of Daesh/ ISIL ensure Iran Nuclear Deal?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In Iraq on Tuesday, Iraq militias and the Iraqi military launched a counter-attack on Falluja with […]

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Israel
The Netanyahu Effect?  Declining Support for 2 State Solution among Israelis, Palestinians

The Netanyahu Effect? Declining Support for 2 State Solution among Israelis, Palestinians

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) –Support for the two state solution decreased among both Palestinians and Israelis over the past year with […]

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Civil Rights
Celebrating Bernie Sanders via Stand-Up: He doesn't Give a ---

Celebrating Bernie Sanders via Stand-Up: He doesn’t Give a —

Francesca Fiorentini | (AJ+ Video) – – “Whether in a speech or an interview, 2016 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has little patience for politicking. This […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan:  The First Rule of Counter-Insurgency is that it Doesn't Ever Work

Afghanistan: The First Rule of Counter-Insurgency is that it Doesn’t Ever Work

By William R. Polk | (Informed Comment) | – – The people of Afghanistan at least since the time of Alexander the Great had repeatedly […]

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Iran
Why Exempt Israel?  After Iran Deal, Make Middle East a Nuclear Free Zone

Why Exempt Israel? After Iran Deal, Make Middle East a Nuclear Free Zone

By Farhang Jahanpour | (TFF) | – – The announcement of the nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers is a rare moment in […]

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