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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
Donald Trump

Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East

Dan Steinbock

As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more […]

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

06/22/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

06/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Russia
P.O.V:  Negotiate for Peace in Ukraine

P.O.V: Negotiate for Peace in Ukraine

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – A sign hung in a Greenfield, Massachusetts storefront window: “Negotiate for Peace in Ukraine” – the most direct […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Biodiversity
Ecological Failure-Loops: Why Ecosystem Collapses may occur much sooner than Expected – New Research

Ecological Failure-Loops: Why Ecosystem Collapses may occur much sooner than Expected – New Research

By John Dearing, University of Southampton; Gregory Cooper, University of Sheffield; and Simon Willcock, Bangor University | – Across the world, rainforests are becoming savanna […]

The Conversation

Sports
Life on the Run: The Angry Sports Star Who Was a Milestone Between Jack Johnson and Brittney Griner

Life on the Run: The Angry Sports Star Who Was a Milestone Between Jack Johnson and Brittney Griner

By Robert Lipsyte ( Tomdispatch.com) – Jim Brown was a monster, not only as a wrecking-ball running back on the football field but also as […]

Tomdispatch

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Another Day, another Israeli Pogrom Against Occupied Palestinians; or, Echoes of the Sudetenland

Another Day, another Israeli Pogrom Against Occupied Palestinians; or, Echoes of the Sudetenland

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A civil war is raging in Israel-Palestine, and the outcome won’t be pretty for anyone, including Americans. Fascist Israeli squatters […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court

Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court

By Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski | – ( ProPublica ) -In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a […]

ProPublica

Health Care
States are Shrinking number of Medicaid Recipients, but Everyone would Benefit from its Expansion

States are Shrinking number of Medicaid Recipients, but Everyone would Benefit from its Expansion

Gainesville, Florida — When the COVID-19/pandemic-era ‘continuous coverage’ Federal requirement ended recently, states could resume eligibility checks that can purge people from Medicaid rolls. Many […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Islam
Islam’s call to prayer is ringing out in more US cities – affirming a long and growing presence of Muslims in America

Islam’s call to prayer is ringing out in more US cities – affirming a long and growing presence of Muslims in America

By Leila Tarakji, Michigan State University | – Minneapolis recently became the first major U.S. city to allow the “adhan,” or Muslim call to prayer, […]

The Conversation

Bangladesh
The Modern Form of Colonialism: Climate Change

The Modern Form of Colonialism: Climate Change

  By Tapti Sen ( Inequality.org ) – I am from a disappearing nation. My country, Bangladesh, is one of several at risk of becoming […]

Inequality.org

Bangladesh
Climate Crisis: Himalaya Glacier Melt Feeds India’s and Pakistan’s Rivers, but 80% of Lower Level Glacier Mass could be gone this Century

Climate Crisis: Himalaya Glacier Melt Feeds India’s and Pakistan’s Rivers, but 80% of Lower Level Glacier Mass could be gone this Century

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new report on ice in the Himalayas issued by The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) finds that […]

Juan Cole

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