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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Coral Reefs:  How Human-caused Climate Change poses a dire Threat to the hidden Diversity of aquatic Ecosystems

Coral Reefs: How Human-caused Climate Change poses a dire Threat to the hidden Diversity of aquatic Ecosystems

By Samuel Starko, The University of Western Australia and Julia K. Baum, University of Victoria | – Like the heat waves on land we have […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Climate Change is now throwing at us Every Weapon in its Arsenal, from Heat Domes to Massive Wildfires, to Mega-Hurricanes

Climate Change is now throwing at us Every Weapon in its Arsenal, from Heat Domes to Massive Wildfires, to Mega-Hurricanes

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – For the most part, the earth is heating up just in the way that climate change models from a decade […]

Juan Cole

Health
End Predatory Private Medicare “Advantage” Plans Now

End Predatory Private Medicare “Advantage” Plans Now

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) — Wendell Potter, a New York Times bestselling author, highly respected health care and campaign finance reform advocate, authority […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Afghanistan
How War Divides Us:  All the Ways our 21st Century Wars have Polarized Americans

How War Divides Us: All the Ways our 21st Century Wars have Polarized Americans

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Blame Donald Trump and all too many of his followers, but don’t just blame him or them. Yes, he was indeed […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Batteries
In 2023, 86% of New Power Capacity in US will come from Renewables, with a Majority of it Solar

In 2023, 86% of New Power Capacity in US will come from Renewables, with a Majority of it Solar

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Department of Energy has announced that that in 2023, 82% of new additions to electricity generation capacity in the […]

Juan Cole

Ethiopia
Mass Killings of Ethiopian Migrants By Saudi Arabia at Yemen Border May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity

Mass Killings of Ethiopian Migrants By Saudi Arabia at Yemen Border May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity

Saudi border guards have killed at least hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who tried to cross the Yemen-Saudi border between March 2022 and […]

Human Rights Watch

Afghanistan
Afghan Refugees who aided the U.S. are Stuck in Legal Limbo 2 Years after Kabul’s Fall

Afghan Refugees who aided the U.S. are Stuck in Legal Limbo 2 Years after Kabul’s Fall

By: Ariana Figueroa – ( Georgia Recorder ) – WASHINGTON —  Two years ago, Farzana Jamalzada and her husband made the difficult decision to separately […]

Georgia Recorder

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Washington for First Time terms violent Israeli Squatter-Settlers "Terrorists," but US Needs to Let UNSC Impose Sanctions

Washington for First Time terms violent Israeli Squatter-Settlers “Terrorists,” but US Needs to Let UNSC Impose Sanctions

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It was a normal warm summer evening in the Palestinian village of Burqa in Ramallah district until the […]

Mohammed Samaana

Education
Protesting Punitive Measures against Iranian Women Students

Protesting Punitive Measures against Iranian Women Students

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran c/o H.E. Mr. […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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