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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel's attack on Jenin Created 4,000 New Refugees; Palestinians have been endlessly Displaced since 1948

Israel’s attack on Jenin Created 4,000 New Refugees; Palestinians have been endlessly Displaced since 1948

By Anne Irfan, UCL | – (The Conversation) – The Israeli army’s recent attack on Jenin refugee camp resulted in 13 deaths (12 Palestinians, including […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Germany: Sales of Battery Powered EVS up 31% Year over Year in First Half of 2023

Germany: Sales of Battery Powered EVS up 31% Year over Year in First Half of 2023

By Carolina Kyllmann | – Clean Energy Wire / Zeit Online ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Car registrations in Germany have risen by 13 […]

Clean Energy Wire

child labor
Caution: Children at Work: The Return of Child Labor shows the Decline of the Right is Bottomless

Caution: Children at Work: The Return of Child Labor shows the Decline of the Right is Bottomless

By Steve Fraser ( Tomdispatch.com ) – An aged Native-American chieftain was visiting New York City for the first time in 1906. He was curious about […]

Tomdispatch

al-Qaeda
When Foreign Policy Elites Manipulate the Public into War, the First Amendment is the First Casualty

When Foreign Policy Elites Manipulate the Public into War, the First Amendment is the First Casualty

Eau Claire, WI (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – United States presidents have repeatedly waged wars with tacit congressional approval and distorted narratives at the […]

Ali Abootalebi

Sudan
Khartoum: The city I fled; the city I love

Khartoum: The city I fled; the city I love

Written byرصيف 22 Translated byMariam A. Translated byRaseef22 Read this post in عربي   This piece was first published by Raseef22 and was written by […]

Global Voices

Feminism
Rising Sexual Violence in Sudan Conflict Reflects Entrenched Patriarchy - But Women and Girls are Fighting Back

Rising Sexual Violence in Sudan Conflict Reflects Entrenched Patriarchy – But Women and Girls are Fighting Back

By Tamsin Bradley, University of Portsmouth | – Watching and hearing the horrifying reports of violence and savagery in Sudan, those of us working to […]

The Conversation

Antisemitism
When it Comes to Defining Antisemitism, it’s Official: the IHRA, which forbids Criticizing Israel, is no Longer the only Game in Town

When it Comes to Defining Antisemitism, it’s Official: the IHRA, which forbids Criticizing Israel, is no Longer the only Game in Town

Joe Sterling     ( Georgia Recorder ) – The battle over a controversial definition of antisemitism that forbids criticism of Israel has taken a […]

Georgia Recorder

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Jenin and Sharpeville: Systemic Colonial Violence in Apartheid Israel and South Africa

Jenin and Sharpeville: Systemic Colonial Violence in Apartheid Israel and South Africa

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The relationship of the Jewish-dominated Israeli state to the Muslim and Christian Palestinians of the occupied Palestinian West Bank and […]

Juan Cole

Health Care
The Journey to Medicare’s 58th Anniversary

The Journey to Medicare’s 58th Anniversary

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) — The most successful U. S. health insurance program, Medicare, was enacted ln July,1965, to provide health insurance for […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

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