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The Current Iran War will Likely end Soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up
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The Current Iran War will Likely end Soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Al Jazeera bureau chief in Tehran, Abdul Qader Fayez, reports from “informed sources” in Tehran that Iran’s clerical Leader, […]

US joins Israel in Attack on Iran, ushering in a New Era of Impunity

US joins Israel in Attack on Iran, ushering in a New Era of Impunity

06/23/2025 By The Conversation

No Kings!  This is What Democracy Looks Like

No Kings! This is What Democracy Looks Like

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Why are U.S. Republicans Importing an Alien Fascist Christian Nationalism from Orbán’s Hungary?

Why are U.S. Republicans Importing an Alien Fascist Christian Nationalism from Orbán’s Hungary?

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Following in Victor Orbán’s neo-fascist goose-steps, Trump, DeSantis, and the GOP are imposing his Hungarian brand of Christian […]

Dan Dinello

Elections
What Erdoğan’s Reelection means for Turkey’s Political System, Economy and Foreign Policy

What Erdoğan’s Reelection means for Turkey’s Political System, Economy and Foreign Policy

By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University | – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been reelected as president, ensuring that his term as leader of […]

The Conversation

Feminism
California Police Must stop sharing Drivers’ Location Data with Police in Anti-Abortion States: Civil Liberty Groups

California Police Must stop sharing Drivers’ Location Data with Police in Anti-Abortion States: Civil Liberty Groups

EFF Press Release ( Electronic Frontier Foundation ) – SAN FRANCISCO—Seventy-one California police agencies in 22 counties must immediately stop sharing automated license plate reader […]

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Children
The Return of GOP-backed Child Labor is another Good Reason to Tax the Rich

The Return of GOP-backed Child Labor is another Good Reason to Tax the Rich

By Sam Pizzigati | ( Otherwords) – Ever since the middle of the 20th century, our history textbooks have applauded the reform movement that put […]

Sam Pizzigati

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On Memorial Day, We’re Finally not in a Shooting War, but if We’re not Careful We could Fall into One

On Memorial Day, We’re Finally not in a Shooting War, but if We’re not Careful We could Fall into One

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Memorial Day, the United States is not in a significant shooting war. It seems to me that the best […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Free but unfair election: how Erdogan held onto Power in Turkey, and what this means for the Country’s Future

Free but unfair election: how Erdogan held onto Power in Turkey, and what this means for the Country’s Future

By Mehmet Ozalp, Charles Sturt University | – Recep Tayyib Erdogan will remain president of Turkey for another five years after winning Sunday’s run-off election […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
How Protests that double as Trainings are growing this Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign

How Protests that double as Trainings are growing this Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign

Ray Bailey  ( Waging Nonviolence ) – On a cool, clear April morning just past 8 a.m., the sprawling corporate campus of the world’s second […]

Waging Nonviolence

Feminism
Mahsa Amini’s Family Accuses Iran’s Security Forces Of Vandalizing Her Grave

Mahsa Amini’s Family Accuses Iran’s Security Forces Of Vandalizing Her Grave

( RFE/RL) – The family of Mahsa Amini have blamed Iran’s security forces for vandalizing the grave of the young woman whose death while in […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Afghanistan
The Water Wars Begin:  Did Climate Change contribute to Saturday’s Deadly Iran-Afghan Border Clash over Helmand River?

The Water Wars Begin: Did Climate Change contribute to Saturday’s Deadly Iran-Afghan Border Clash over Helmand River?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reports that on Saturday deadly clashes broke out between Iranian border guards in the Zabul district […]

Juan Cole

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