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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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China
Is China trying to supplant Washington as Peacemaker between Israel and Palestine?

Is China trying to supplant Washington as Peacemaker between Israel and Palestine?

Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – Remarks on 24 May by China’s Ambassador to the UN on the situation in Occupied […]

Ramzy Baroud

Arms Sales
An Iron Curtain Has Descended on America

An Iron Curtain Has Descended on America

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Decline. It’s a word that hasn’t been much in the American vocabulary, though, as retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, historian, and […]

William J. Astore

Climate Crisis
Thumbing Nose at US, Saudi Cuts Oil production, Helping Russian War Effort, as Maduro Visits Riyadh

Thumbing Nose at US, Saudi Cuts Oil production, Helping Russian War Effort, as Maduro Visits Riyadh

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia has taken several steps sure to annoy Washington in just the […]

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders
As Bernie Sanders warns against Tribalism in America, Who will Stand Up to do the Right Thing?

As Bernie Sanders warns against Tribalism in America, Who will Stand Up to do the Right Thing?

Vancouver (Special to Informed Comment) – It is, unfortunately, not an understatement to say that our world that is becoming increasingly divided, increasingly tribalized. Tribalism […]

Peter G. Prontzos

Gay rights
Israeli Protesters fear for the Future of their Country’s precarious LGBTQ Rights Revolution

Israeli Protesters fear for the Future of their Country’s precarious LGBTQ Rights Revolution

By Orit Avishai, Fordham University | – Demonstrations against the Israeli government’s efforts to radically overhaul the country’s judicial system have become a weekly occurrence. […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatters attacking Palestinian town Burqa for Second Time caught on CCTV Cameras

Israeli Squatters attacking Palestinian town Burqa for Second Time caught on CCTV Cameras

( Middle East Monitor ) – CCTV cameras from a Palestinian home captured the start of an attack by Israeli settlers which damaged property and […]

Middle East Monitor

Democracy
How did Turkish President Erdoğan Survive the Strongest Challenge Yet?

How did Turkish President Erdoğan Survive the Strongest Challenge Yet?

Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won the elections in Türkiye. Again. In power for two decades, first as prime minister […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

censorship
Iranian Journalists Who Broke Mahsa Amini Story Stand Trial Behind Closed Doors

Iranian Journalists Who Broke Mahsa Amini Story Stand Trial Behind Closed Doors

I’m RFE/RL correspondent Golnaz Esfandiari. Here’s what I’ve been following during the past week and what I’m watching for in the days ahead. The Big […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Guns
Georgia College Students can Continue to Bring Handguns to Class, even Concealed: State Supreme Court

Georgia College Students can Continue to Bring Handguns to Class, even Concealed: State Supreme Court

By: Ross Williams –  ( Georgia Recorder ) – Georgia college students can continue to bring their handgun to class after the Supreme Court of […]

Georgia Recorder

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