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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza
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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza

Dan Steinbock

Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator executing a biblical “decisive plan” of ethnic […]

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

09/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

09/18/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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On this 4th of July we need to Declare a War of Independence from Fossil Fuels and Climate Change

On this 4th of July we need to Declare a War of Independence from Fossil Fuels and Climate Change

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, kicked off the Revolutionary War in earnest, which the Continental Army only […]

Juan Cole

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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

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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

Batteries
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

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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

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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

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