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Trump’s Immigrant Gulags:  A Bonanza For Private Prison Corporations
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Trump’s Immigrant Gulags: A Bonanza For Private Prison Corporations

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When it comes to for-profit, private corporate incarceration of immigrants, making lots of money is like drinking […]

“The Bird is on the Wing”: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:7

“The Bird is on the Wing”: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:7

08/30/2025 By Juan Cole

The price of genocide: How US Funding sustains an unraveling Israeli Economy

The price of genocide: How US Funding sustains an unraveling Israeli Economy

08/30/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Climate Crisis
After Maui: Why Sultan al-Jaber both is and isn't the Right chief for the COP28 Climate Summit

After Maui: Why Sultan al-Jaber both is and isn’t the Right chief for the COP28 Climate Summit

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sultan al-Jaber, the controversial chairman of the COP28 climate conference, is a United Arab Emirates businessman extraordinaire. His role and […]

Juan Cole

Children
We have one more Chance to end Child Poverty in America

We have one more Chance to end Child Poverty in America

By Kassidy Jacobs When I was born into poverty, the deck was stacked against me in all aspects of life — from educational opportunities and […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel has Killed 167 Palestinians since Start of Year:  UN

Israel has Killed 167 Palestinians since Start of Year: UN

( Middle East Monitor ) – With the Israeli occupation killing 13 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank between 25 July and 10 August, including […]

Middle East Monitor

Australia
Australia’s Decision to again use the Term ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’ brings it into Line with international Law

Australia’s Decision to again use the Term ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’ brings it into Line with international Law

By Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle | – (The Conversation) – Australia’s minister for foreign affairs, Penny Wong, has announced Australia will return to use […]

The Conversation

Corruption
"Corruption on Earth:"  Iran's Government and Judiciary are Riddled with Corruption

“Corruption on Earth:” Iran’s Government and Judiciary are Riddled with Corruption

Newark, Delaware (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Corruption exists in every country and comes in many guises: economic corruption, social corruption, political corruption. But […]

Fariba Amini

Israel/ Palestine
US-Israel Relations hit Nadir after Settler Terrorists Murder 19-year-old Palestinian

US-Israel Relations hit Nadir after Settler Terrorists Murder 19-year-old Palestinian

By Paul Rogers, University of Bradford | – (The Conversation) – For most of Israel’s 75-year history, its closest ally has been the United States, […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Illegal Squatter Violence is erasing entire Palestinian Communities

Israel’s Illegal Squatter Violence is erasing entire Palestinian Communities

( Middle East Monitor ) – The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) published a report yesterday expressing deep concern about the Israeli illegal settlers’ forceful seizure […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Condition Critical: Desertification Threatens to Turn Iran's Future to Dust

Condition Critical: Desertification Threatens to Turn Iran’s Future to Dust

By Michael Scollon ( RFE/RL ) – Temperatures in Iran are hitting record highs, rivers and lakes are drying up, and prolonged droughts are becoming […]

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How Israel occupied Itself: The Way the Crisis on the West Bank Came Home

How Israel occupied Itself: The Way the Crisis on the West Bank Came Home

( Tomdispatch.com) – On July 24th, the Israeli Knesset passed a measure forbidding the country’s High Court of Justice from in any way checking the […]

Juan Cole

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