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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,

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Anti-intellectualism
Israeli Violations of Academic Freedom in the occupied Palestinian Territories

Israeli Violations of Academic Freedom in the occupied Palestinian Territories

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association Joseph R. Biden President of the United States   Volker Türk UN High Commissioner for Human […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Anti-Zionism
In Zionist Academia there is No Room for Dissent

In Zionist Academia there is No Room for Dissent

By Sonia Boulos and Lior Sternfeld | – Madrid and State College, Pa. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In a statement from March 12, […]

Lior Sternfeld

Democracy
The Man who Disproved Trump’s Election Fraud Claims Looks at the Problems with New York’s Voter Data

The Man who Disproved Trump’s Election Fraud Claims Looks at the Problems with New York’s Voter Data

Barrington, RI (Special to Informed Comment) – If the oldest human alive is 116, how did 368 118-year-olds vote in New York in 2020? Election […]

Ken Block

Israel/ Palestine
Stop Treating Gaza as a Natural Disaster: Armed by US, Israel Trashes Genocide Convention

Stop Treating Gaza as a Natural Disaster: Armed by US, Israel Trashes Genocide Convention

By Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It’s been almost two months since the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to […]

Tomdispatch

Hizbullah
Will Current Israeli-Lebanese Fighting derail Historic Land Border Agreement?

Will Current Israeli-Lebanese Fighting derail Historic Land Border Agreement?

By Mireille Rebeiz, Dickinson College | – In October 2022, Lebanon and Israel signed a maritime border agreement brokered by the U.S., a move interpreted […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
UN and EU slam Israel:  Imposing on Palestinians 'Levels of Food Insecurity never Recorded anywhere in the World'

UN and EU slam Israel: Imposing on Palestinians ‘Levels of Food Insecurity never Recorded anywhere in the World’

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The European Union’s Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borell and the European Commissioner for Crisis management Janez Lenarčič, issued […]

Juan Cole

Israel Lobbies
How AIPAC supports Israel's far Right Likud Party over Democratic America

How AIPAC supports Israel’s far Right Likud Party over Democratic America

( Detailed Political Quizzes ) – In a New York Times March 13, 2024, article (“Pro-Israel Lobby Faces Challenges Amid Gaza War and Shifting Politics”), […]

Jeffrey Rudolph

Elderly
Patients, Advocates Push Biden to ‘Reclaim Medicare’ From Privatized Medicare Advantage

Patients, Advocates Push Biden to ‘Reclaim Medicare’ From Privatized Medicare Advantage

“If Medicare Advantage has it their way, they’re going to deny me care and delay me care until I’m dead,” said one patient. Jake Johnson […]

Common Dreams

Conspiracy Theories
Could Trump win again?  Roots of MAGA Paranoia and the Politics of Fear

Could Trump win again? Roots of MAGA Paranoia and the Politics of Fear

Brooklyn, NY (Special to Informed Comment; featured) – The cover of my The Politics of Fear: The Peculiar Persistence of American Paranoia features a photograph […]

Arthur Goldwag

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