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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*
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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

08/27/2025 By Juan Cole

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

08/27/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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The Other Threat of Massive Climate Change:  Nuclear War

The Other Threat of Massive Climate Change: Nuclear War

By Mark Maslin, UCL | – Christopher Nolan’s biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer has revived morbid curiosity in the destructive power of nuclear weapons. There […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
The Forever War's Forever Legacy: Shutting down Gitmo is Hardly the Last Step

The Forever War’s Forever Legacy: Shutting down Gitmo is Hardly the Last Step

( Tomdispatch.com ) – There can be little question that the grim prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which still shows no sign of closing anytime […]

Karen J. Greenberg

China
In  2024, China will hit Peak Gasoline, with its Demand on a Downward Spiral ever After

In 2024, China will hit Peak Gasoline, with its Demand on a Downward Spiral ever After

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Yale Environment 360 points to recent energy reports as suggesting that China will hit peak gasoline next year. That is, […]

Juan Cole

Haredim
Israel's Protests are about the Rise of the Israeli Ayatollahs, not Democracy

Israel’s Protests are about the Rise of the Israeli Ayatollahs, not Democracy

Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud   ( Middle East Monitor ) – At first glance, the statement may seem baffling. If Israel is a ‘Jewish State’ […]

Ramzy Baroud

Bangladesh
Climate Crisis: Bangladesh is Undertaking the World's Largest Resettlement Program

Climate Crisis: Bangladesh is Undertaking the World’s Largest Resettlement Program

By Atmaja Gohain Baruah, King’s College London | – Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to climate extremes. The nation’s topography lays its citizens bare to cyclones, […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Concerns about Israel’s Accession to the US Visa Waiver Program

Concerns about Israel’s Accession to the US Visa Waiver Program

Middle East Studies Association | Committee on Academic Freedom | – Letter raising concerns about Israel’s accession to the US Visa Waiver Program Mr. Alejandro […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Climate Crisis
Could Solar Panel Arrays in Earth Orbit provide all the Clean Electricity We'd Ever Need?

Could Solar Panel Arrays in Earth Orbit provide all the Clean Electricity We’d Ever Need?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The European Space Agency isn’t as well known in the U.S. as NASA or even Roscosmos, the Russian space agency. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
“If Climate Crisis is dealt with in a Patriarchal Way, Needs Won’t be Met” – New head of World Meteorological Organization

“If Climate Crisis is dealt with in a Patriarchal Way, Needs Won’t be Met” – New head of World Meteorological Organization

  Tais Gadea Lara   ( The Third Pole ) – A smile on her face, Celeste Saulo lapped up a rapturous ovation from the […]

The Third Pole

Displaced and Refugees
Survivors Speak Out on Sexual Violence in West Darfur

Survivors Speak Out on Sexual Violence in West Darfur

Laetitia Bader Director, Horn of Africa   ( Human Rights Watch ) – Nusra and Khadija share the bond of being cousins and of living […]

Human Rights Watch

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