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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

09/14/2025 By Global Voices

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Anti-intellectualism
“Intifada” in Arabic just means Uprising or Mass Protest; it is used for the Jewish Warsaw Uprising

“Intifada” in Arabic just means Uprising or Mass Protest; it is used for the Jewish Warsaw Uprising

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A key feature of American bigotry toward people from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and toward Muslims more […]

Juan Cole

Children
Israeli Violence against Palestinian Children is rooted in Viewing them all as Dangerous Adults

Israeli Violence against Palestinian Children is rooted in Viewing them all as Dangerous Adults

Written by Safa     A playground in the West Bank. Picture taken by Justin McIntosh, August 2004. Wikimedia Commons. (CC-BY-2.0). ( Globalvoices.org ) – Since […]

Global Voices

Displaced and Refugees
What Causes Famines?  In Gaza and Elsewhere, Outside Pressure and Vulnerability can lead to Hunger and Death

What Causes Famines? In Gaza and Elsewhere, Outside Pressure and Vulnerability can lead to Hunger and Death

By Paul Howe, Tufts University | – The United Nations’ latest report on hunger makes for grim reading. On April 24, 2024, the international body […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
Hubert Humphrey Redux? Biden is Risking Election and Country with his Embrace of Netanyahu's War

Hubert Humphrey Redux? Biden is Risking Election and Country with his Embrace of Netanyahu’s War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – CNN reports ominously this week that “Biden is actually 11 percentage points behind Trump among young voters 18-34 in a […]

Juan Cole

Genocide
The World concludes that Israeli Lies Smeared the Main Aid Agency helping Starving Palestinians as “Terrorists”

The World concludes that Israeli Lies Smeared the Main Aid Agency helping Starving Palestinians as “Terrorists”

By Binoy Kampmark ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Israeli authorities, in their campaign of remorseless killing, doctoring and adjusting the numbers of the […]

Middle East Monitor

Genocide
Netzah Yehuda: the ‘Violent and Aggressive’ IDF unit the US is Thinking of Sanctioning

Netzah Yehuda: the ‘Violent and Aggressive’ IDF unit the US is Thinking of Sanctioning

Israel War Crimes

The Conversation

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Keffiyehs, long a Symbol of Exotic Masculinity for White Colonizers, now Bashed when worn by Palestinians and Students

Keffiyehs, long a Symbol of Exotic Masculinity for White Colonizers, now Bashed when worn by Palestinians and Students

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Supporters of the Israeli genocide against tens of thousands of innocent Palestinian women, children, and noncombatant men in Gaza have […]

Juan Cole

Anti-intellectualism
USC:   17 History Department Faculty Demand Resignation of President, Others, for use of Violence against Campus Community

USC: 17 History Department Faculty Demand Resignation of President, Others, for use of Violence against Campus Community

We, the undersigned members of the Department of History [at the University of Southern California], unequivocally condemn the university administration for its decision to invite […]

contributors

Climate Crisis
Degrowth: Avoiding Eco-Collapse

Degrowth: Avoiding Eco-Collapse

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Something must be up. Otherwise, why would scientists keep sending us those scary warnings? There has been a steady stream of […]

Stan Cox

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