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Was Volcano-Driven Climate Change partially Behind the Black Death?
Climate Change

Was Volcano-Driven Climate Change partially Behind the Black Death?

Juan Cole

Mongols of the Golden Horde catapulted the cadavers of plague victims over the wall of the city of Caffa

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One way Zohran Mamdani could arrest Indicted War Criminal Benjamin Netanyahu

One way Zohran Mamdani could arrest Indicted War Criminal Benjamin Netanyahu

12/09/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Trump campaigned on Ending Forever Wars: Marco Rubio didn’t get the Memo

Trump campaigned on Ending Forever Wars: Marco Rubio didn’t get the Memo

12/09/2025 By Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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Dominionism
Cracks in the MAGA – Likud Collusion to Hasten End Times Reality

Cracks in the MAGA – Likud Collusion to Hasten End Times Reality

It looks like the perverse romance between MAGA and Israel’s Likud Party is becoming frayed at the edges.

H. Scott Prosterman

Afghanistan
Afghanistan Pivots Economically to Central Asia as it Seeks to End Dependence on Pakistan

Afghanistan Pivots Economically to Central Asia as it Seeks to End Dependence on Pakistan

Afghanistan is looking to Central Asia to diversify its trade partners as it seeks to reduce its economic dependence on Pakistan

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Donald Trump
How Trump is Savaging the Poor: the New Victory Gardens

How Trump is Savaging the Poor: the New Victory Gardens

When I was poorer, that card filled every month with money I could spend on food — fruits and vegetables, oil, spices, and cheese

Frida Berrigan

Democratic Party
Democrats in Congress Are Out of Touch With Constituents on Israeli Genocide

Democrats in Congress Are Out of Touch With Constituents on Israeli Genocide

Genocide denial is needed for continuing to appropriate billions of dollars in weapons to Israel, as most legislators have kept doing

Norman Solomon

Israel/ Palestine
Workers Rights and Palestine Solidarity: Clover in South Africa

Workers Rights and Palestine Solidarity: Clover in South Africa

Decisions were made by activists from a variety of racial, class, gender, sexuality, and issue organising backgrounds.

Open Democracy

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s War: Gaza’s Once-Growing Economy is Nearing Total Collapse

Israel’s War: Gaza’s Once-Growing Economy is Nearing Total Collapse

Gaza’s Human Development Index score was projected to soon fall to a level not seen in the enclave since the 1950s

The Conversation

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200 Luminaries from the Arts and Business World demand release of “Palestinian Mandela”

200 Luminaries from the Arts and Business World demand release of “Palestinian Mandela”

The star-studded list of signatories includes Margaret Atwood of “The Handmaid’s Tale” fame; Mark Ruffalo a.k.a. the Incredible Hulk

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq’s 2025 Elections reveal a Democracy without Belief

Iraq’s 2025 Elections reveal a Democracy without Belief

Each election has recycled the same elite faces, the same sectarian bargains and the same patronage networks

The Conversation

Nuclear weapons
A Thermonuclear Hair Trigger

A Thermonuclear Hair Trigger

Take a moment to think about that word, “creation,” applied to weapons of mass destruction

William J. Astore

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