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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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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

Climate Crisis
Sir Gawain and the Green King: What can Newly Crowned Charles III do to Combat the Climate Emergency?

Sir Gawain and the Green King: What can Newly Crowned Charles III do to Combat the Climate Emergency?

Revised Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – We can argue about the character of Charles’s philosophy of nature and whether it is conservative or not. I […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Not the Onion:  U.S. Supreme Court Justices take Gifts –  Then Raise the Bar for Bribery Prosecutions

Not the Onion: U.S. Supreme Court Justices take Gifts – Then Raise the Bar for Bribery Prosecutions

By: Marty Schladen – ( Minnesota Reformer) – Justice Clarence Thomas might be the most egregious when it comes to taking gifts and not disclosing […]

Minnesota Reformer

Immigration
Not a Flood, not a Surge, not Illegal:  Retire This Dehumanizing Language About Immigrants

Not a Flood, not a Surge, not Illegal: Retire This Dehumanizing Language About Immigrants

By By Daniella Prieshoff ( Otherwords.org ) – Last year, my client Susan called me to discuss her immigration case. During our conversation she referenced […]

OtherWords

Agriculture
How shading crops with Solar Panels can improve Farming, lower Food Costs and reduce Emissions

How shading crops with Solar Panels can improve Farming, lower Food Costs and reduce Emissions

By Joshua M. Pearce, Western University | – If you have lived in a home with a trampoline in the backyard, you may have observed […]

The Conversation

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King Charles III as Defender of all Faiths, including Islam

King Charles III as Defender of all Faiths, including Islam

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Although King Charles III will, like his predecessors going back to Henry VIII, be styled “Defender of the Faith,” he […]

Juan Cole

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