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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist
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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist

Norman Solomon

Trump and his MAGA followers are hardly going to forsake their standard mix of bigotry, anti-immigrant mania and other political toxins

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MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

11/26/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

Ozymandias on the Potomac:  Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

Ozymandias on the Potomac: Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

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Authoritarianism
Saudi Reforms are softening Wahhabi Islam's Role, but Critics warn the Kingdom will Still Quash Dissent

Saudi Reforms are softening Wahhabi Islam’s Role, but Critics warn the Kingdom will Still Quash Dissent

By Nathan French, Miami University | – (The Conversation) – The crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, or “MBS,” is bringing a new […]

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Drone Warfare
The Rules of Engagement of Violent Islamophobia:  22 Years of Drone Warfare and No End in Sight

The Rules of Engagement of Violent Islamophobia: 22 Years of Drone Warfare and No End in Sight

By Maha Hilal | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – “I no longer love blue skies. In fact, I now prefer gray skies. The drones do not […]

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Climate Crisis
New Mexico Wind Farms: Largest Renewable Energy Infrastructure Project in US History, as High Density Line is Approved

New Mexico Wind Farms: Largest Renewable Energy Infrastructure Project in US History, as High Density Line is Approved

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – About a year and a half ago, I wrote a piece on how New Mexico is set to become the […]

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Israel
The US tried to Negotiate Libya-Israel Ties with Elites, but then the Libyan People said 'No!'

The US tried to Negotiate Libya-Israel Ties with Elites, but then the Libyan People said ‘No!’

by Muhammad Hussein alhussein1001 ( Middle East Monitor) – As protests erupted throughout the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and other cities in the country in response […]

Middle East Monitor

Displaced and Refugees
Cities like Homs and Kharkiv show how Homes, Streets and Neighbourhoods have become the Frontline in modern Warfare

Cities like Homs and Kharkiv show how Homes, Streets and Neighbourhoods have become the Frontline in modern Warfare

By Ammar Azzouz, University of Oxford | – (The Conversation) – It has been almost 12 years since I left my city. And I have […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Labor Day: Is Biden's Green Energy IRA the most Pro-Worker Legislation in Decades?

Labor Day: Is Biden’s Green Energy IRA the most Pro-Worker Legislation in Decades?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden’s signature piece of legislation that was passed with no Republican support, contains $369 billion […]

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Inequality
On Labor Day: Low-Wage Employers say they Have no Money for Raises, but spent $341 Billion on Stock Buybacks

On Labor Day: Low-Wage Employers say they Have no Money for Raises, but spent $341 Billion on Stock Buybacks

By Sarah Anderson ( Inequality.org ) – In response to strikes and union organizing drives, corporate leaders routinely insist that they simply lack the wherewithal […]

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Climate Crisis
Evidence that Gas and Oil are Bad for Our and the Planet's Health is Piling Up, but Governments turn a Blind Eye

Evidence that Gas and Oil are Bad for Our and the Planet’s Health is Piling Up, but Governments turn a Blind Eye

By Melissa Haswell, University of Sydney; David Shearman, University of Adelaide; Jacob Hegedus, University of Sydney; and Lisa Jackson Pulver, University of Sydney | – […]

The Conversation

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Belgian Minister says what Biden won't: Israel is wiping Entire Palestinian Villages off the Map

Belgian Minister says what Biden won’t: Israel is wiping Entire Palestinian Villages off the Map

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I heard Noam Chomsky speak in my youth about the press coverage of the Middle East in the United States, […]

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