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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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Israel/ Palestine
Military Protests against Neutering of Courts threaten Israel's Security, Say Officials

Military Protests against Neutering of Courts threaten Israel’s Security, Say Officials

( Middle East Monitor) – Following a letter penned to the Knesset by 1,142 Israeli Air Force reservists declaring suspension of their military service, Minister […]

Middle East Monitor

Feminism
The SCOTUS Dobbs Decision Causes Moral Injury to Abortion Patients and Providers Alike

The SCOTUS Dobbs Decision Causes Moral Injury to Abortion Patients and Providers Alike

Dr. Jenna Beckham Dr. Erica Pettigrew ( AZ Mirror ) – On June 24, 2022, the landscape of reproductive healthcare in this country took a […]

AZ Mirror

Africa
Dear Ron DeSantis: Consider all the Valuable Skills the Enslaved Taught Cracker Slave-Holders (For Which they were never Paid)

Dear Ron DeSantis: Consider all the Valuable Skills the Enslaved Taught Cracker Slave-Holders (For Which they were never Paid)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The new Florida history curriculum on slavery says that some enslaved persons learned skills while enslaved that later benefited them, […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Return Of ‘Morality Police’ To Iranian Streets Leaves Women Fearful But Defiant

Return Of ‘Morality Police’ To Iranian Streets Leaves Women Fearful But Defiant

By Mehdi Tahbaz “Our girls are fighting and know that there is no way back for us and we are not going back, and our […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Climate Crisis
Climate Change has landed Florida in Hot Water, with Worse to Come if we Keep Burning Fossil Fuels

Climate Change has landed Florida in Hot Water, with Worse to Come if we Keep Burning Fossil Fuels

Craig Pittman   ( Florida Phoenix) – As a collector of clever Florida signs, I could not decide which one was a better commentary. One, […]

Florida Phoenix

censorship
Extremists Want to Ban Discussing Their Abortion Bans

Extremists Want to Ban Discussing Their Abortion Bans

  By Jim Hightower | ( Otherwords.org) – Unfortunately, it’s 1984 again in America. Not the year. The book. George Orwell’s classic novel tells of […]

OtherWords

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The "Destruction of the Third Temple"?  Israel's Apocalyptic Civil War Weakens State, Military

The “Destruction of the Third Temple”? Israel’s Apocalyptic Civil War Weakens State, Military

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Friday, all hell broke loose in Israel, even more so than the recent norm. The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 […]

Juan Cole

European Union
Turkey has a long Road ahead with renewed European Union Bid

Turkey has a long Road ahead with renewed European Union Bid

Written byArzu Geybullayeva ( Globalvoices.org) – On July 20, European Union foreign ministers met to discuss Ankara’s renewed accession demands and agreed to re-engage with […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Biodiversity
The Forgotten Amazon: As a Critical Summit Nears, Politicians must Work Against Deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon

The Forgotten Amazon: As a Critical Summit Nears, Politicians must Work Against Deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon

By Victor Galaz, Stockholm University | – When asked to situate the world’s most iconic rainforest on a map, most people will pinpoint Brazil. And […]

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