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Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health
Donald Trump

Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health

Dan Dinello

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – With a Cabinet full of fascists, fools, drunks, and sycophants, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands out as a […]

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

09/08/2025 By Juan Cole

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

09/08/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Turkey's Erdogan is Facing Re-Election to hold onto Power - Can a Divided Opposition oust the Strongman?

Turkey’s Erdogan is Facing Re-Election to hold onto Power – Can a Divided Opposition oust the Strongman?

By Khalid Al Bostanji, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – As Turkish voters head to polls for the presidential and parliamentary elections on […]

The Conversation

European Union
European Union cancels 'Europe Day' Diplomatic Reception to Avoid Extremist Racist Ben-Gvir, Israel's Chosen Representative

European Union cancels ‘Europe Day’ Diplomatic Reception to Avoid Extremist Racist Ben-Gvir, Israel’s Chosen Representative

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Le Monde reports that a European Union diplomatic delegation to Tel Aviv announced Monday that it was canceling the diplomatic […]

Juan Cole

History
Sudan’s entire History has been dominated by Soldiers and the Violence and Corruption they Bring

Sudan’s entire History has been dominated by Soldiers and the Violence and Corruption they Bring

By Justin Willis, Durham University | – (The Conversation) – Sudan’s Central Reserve Police (CRP) recently announced it would be deploying officers to the streets […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Iran’s Environmental Standards, Polluted Reality Mix Like Oil And Water

Iran’s Environmental Standards, Polluted Reality Mix Like Oil And Water

By Michael Scollon ( RFE/RL) – National Clean Air Day was not a cause for celebration this year in Tehran, where many residents were shuttered […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

National Security State
Are the Best Years of My Country Behind Me?   Reflections on a Long-Ago Tour of Los Alamos and the Trinity Atomic Test Site

Are the Best Years of My Country Behind Me? Reflections on a Long-Ago Tour of Los Alamos and the Trinity Atomic Test Site

( Tomdispatch.com) – I turn 60 this year. My health is generally good, though I have aches and pains from a form of arthritis. I’m […]

William J. Astore

Algeria
A Final Burial for the Arab Spring: Arab League Readmits Syria under al-Assad, as Tensions with Iran Subside

A Final Burial for the Arab Spring: Arab League Readmits Syria under al-Assad, as Tensions with Iran Subside

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The foreign ministers of the Arab League states, meeting in Cairo on Sunday, approved the end of Syria’s suspension from […]

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders unveils push for $17-an-hour federal minimum wage, citing state increases

Bernie Sanders unveils push for $17-an-hour federal minimum wage, citing state increases

By Ariana Figueroa   ( Florida Phoenix ) WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday announced Democrats’ plans to mark up legislation to increase […]

Florida Phoenix

Haredim
Israel is a powder keg waiting to blow

Israel is a powder keg waiting to blow

By James Sunderland, University of Oxford | – The death in custody on May 2 of Khader Adnan, the first Palestinian to die of a […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Iraq Gas Flaring Tied to Cancer Surge

Iraq Gas Flaring Tied to Cancer Surge

Antonia Juhasz Senior Researcher, Environment and Human Rights   @AntoniaJuhasz ( Human Rights Watch) – Ali Hussein Jaloud, an Iraqi man barely in his 20s, […]

Human Rights Watch

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