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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

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Our Move to Renewables is only the Latest of Many Energy Transitions; We can do it Again

Our Move to Renewables is only the Latest of Many Energy Transitions; We can do it Again

By Liz Conor, La Trobe University | – In 2022, the burning of fossil fuels provided 82% of the world’s energy. In 2000, it was […]

The Conversation

Education
From Education to Incarceration

From Education to Incarceration

By Tamar Sarai | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Not long after moving to Topeka, Kansas, in the early 1980s, community organizer Curtis Pitts learned […]

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Iran's Denials and Delusions at the United Nations

Iran’s Denials and Delusions at the United Nations

Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Frankly, it was hard to watch last weekend’s interview of Farid Zakaria of CNN with Iran’s current […]

Fariba Amini

Israel/ Palestine
How Israel's war on Palestinian History turned into a War on UNESCO

How Israel’s war on Palestinian History turned into a War on UNESCO

by Dr Ramzy Baroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – Jericho does not belong to the Palestinians alone. It belongs to the whole of humanity. […]

Ramzy Baroud

Iraq
How Popular Music Videos encouraged Iraqi Shiites to Resist ISIL Terrorism

How Popular Music Videos encouraged Iraqi Shiites to Resist ISIL Terrorism

By Benjamin Isakhan, Deakin University; and Ali Akbar, The University of Melbourne | – Almost a decade ago, the Sunni jihadist network known as the […]

The Conversation

Australia
In First, Rooftop Solar Alone provides 101% of South Australia's Electricity Demand

In First, Rooftop Solar Alone provides 101% of South Australia’s Electricity Demand

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Giles Parkinson at RenewEconomy in Australia reports that rooftop solar briefly generated 101% of South Australia’s electricity demand on Saturday […]

Juan Cole

Corporations
Meeting Union Demands would be a Win-Win for Automakers

Meeting Union Demands would be a Win-Win for Automakers

By Sonali Kolhatkar ( Otherwords.org) – The United Auto Workers (UAW), a union of nearly 150,000 workers at America’s “Big Three” automakers, are on strike. […]

OtherWords

National Security State
What would real National Defense Look Like?  Maxims for a Very Different Pentagon

What would real National Defense Look Like? Maxims for a Very Different Pentagon

( Middle East Monitor ) – A progressive Pentagon? Talk about an oxymoron! The Pentagon continues to grow and surge with ever larger budgets, ever […]

William J. Astore

Batteries
Selling like Hotcakes:  1 mn EVs sold in US during Past Year --  which is Why UAW Workers deserve Green New Deal

Selling like Hotcakes: 1 mn EVs sold in US during Past Year — which is Why UAW Workers deserve Green New Deal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A million purely battery-electric vehicles have been sold in the US during the past year, according to David Reichmuth at […]

Juan Cole

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