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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Iran: New Charges against Journalists

Iran: New Charges against Journalists

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Iranian authorities have brought vague “propaganda” and “national security” charges against three journalists, Human Rights Watch said today. The […]

Human Rights Watch

African-Americans
The Supreme Court didn’t Protect Color-Blindness but our Opportunity to Labor under a Hereditary Plutocracy

The Supreme Court didn’t Protect Color-Blindness but our Opportunity to Labor under a Hereditary Plutocracy

By Sam Pizzigati | – ( Inequality.org ) – In our United States today, all of us do not have an “equal opportunity” to become […]

Sam Pizzigati

Climate Change
Human Exposure to Wildfires has more than doubled in two Decades

Human Exposure to Wildfires has more than doubled in two Decades

By Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University | – Over the past two decades, a staggering 21.8 million Americans found themselves living within 3 miles (5 […]

The Conversation

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Electric Car Revolution: Tesla Sales up 83% Year on Year in Q2, as BYD does even better at 98% Surge

Electric Car Revolution: Tesla Sales up 83% Year on Year in Q2, as BYD does even better at 98% Surge

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tesla sales surged 83% in the second quarter compared to Q2 2022, and were up 10% over the first quarter. […]

Juan Cole

Health Care
Not so Pro-Life?  As US Maternal Mortality Rates Surge, Idaho Abolishes Panel Investigating Deaths in Pregnancy

Not so Pro-Life? As US Maternal Mortality Rates Surge, Idaho Abolishes Panel Investigating Deaths in Pregnancy

By: Natalie Schachar – ( Florida Phoenix ) – On July 1, Idaho becomes the only state without a legal requirement or specialized committee to […]

Florida Phoenix

Climate Crisis
Global Heating and its Wildfires are Reshaping Canada’s Northern Forests and its Tundra

Global Heating and its Wildfires are Reshaping Canada’s Northern Forests and its Tundra

By Konrad Gajewski, University of Ottawa/ L’Université d’Ottawa | – (The Conversation) – Global warming is affecting the boreal forest — what happens will depend […]

The Conversation

Dissent
How the Personal Becomes Political:  Or, You CAN fight City Hall

How the Personal Becomes Political: Or, You CAN fight City Hall

By Beverly Gologorsky [TomDispatch and StatORec Literary Journal are sharing the publication of this article.] ( Tomdispatch.com) – Looking into the long reflecting pool of […]

Tomdispatch

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Will US-Iran talks in Oman allow the two Countries to avoid War?

Will US-Iran talks in Oman allow the two Countries to avoid War?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Late in 2022, the Biden administration announced that it had given upon on negotiating a restoration of the 2015 Iran […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians battle for their homes in East Jerusalem

Palestinians battle for their homes in East Jerusalem

Written byMariam A.       Al Aqsa Mosque can be seen from East Jerusalem, where families constantly face the threat of forced eviction by […]

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