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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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US Sec. of State Blinken Offers some Anesthesia while Palestinians are Operated on by Far-Right Israeli Gov't

US Sec. of State Blinken Offers some Anesthesia while Palestinians are Operated on by Far-Right Israeli Gov’t

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank, and offered condolences […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Corruption: Supreme Court Justices party at $25,000-a-head Soirees with Corporations that have cases before the Court

Corruption: Supreme Court Justices party at $25,000-a-head Soirees with Corporations that have cases before the Court

By Jim Hightower | – ( Otherwords.org) – As many of its own members privately admit, Congress has become a pay-to-play lawmaking casino — closed […]

OtherWords

Arctic
‘Blue marble’: how half a Century of Climate Change has altered the Face of the Earth

‘Blue marble’: how half a Century of Climate Change has altered the Face of the Earth

By Robert Poole, University of Central Lancashire; Nick Pepin, University of Portsmouth, and Oliver Gruner, University of Portsmouth | – In December 1972, Nasa’s final […]

The Conversation

National Security State
Can the Military-Industrial Complex Be Tamed?  Cutting the Pentagon Budget in Half Would Finally Force the Generals to Think

Can the Military-Industrial Complex Be Tamed? Cutting the Pentagon Budget in Half Would Finally Force the Generals to Think

By William J. Astore | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – My name is Bill Astore and I’m a card-carrying member of the military-industrial complex (MIC). […]

William J. Astore

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Sec. of State Blinken's Happy Talk Middle East Tour meets Meat Grinder of Rising Israeli Fascism

Sec. of State Blinken’s Happy Talk Middle East Tour meets Meat Grinder of Rising Israeli Fascism

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The actually existing Middle East is not cooperating with the Washington representation of it. To hear Secretary of State Antony […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Arab Masses Emphatically Put Palestinian Cause first, Dividing from some of their Ruling Elites

Arab Masses Emphatically Put Palestinian Cause first, Dividing from some of their Ruling Elites

( Middle East Monitor ) – The latest Arab Opinion Index 2022 is yet more proof that Arab societies are diverse in every possible way, […]

Ramzy Baroud

Police
Taking a Hard Look at Police Killings

Taking a Hard Look at Police Killings

By Sonali Kolhatkar | – ( Otherwords.org ) – Last year was the deadliest on record for police killings in the United States. According to […]

Sonali Kolhatkar

Climate Crisis
Minnesota House passes Bill mandating Move to Carbon-Free Electricity by 2040

Minnesota House passes Bill mandating Move to Carbon-Free Electricity by 2040

By Michelle Griffith | – ( The Minnesota Reformer ) – The Minnesota House passed a bill late Thursday that would force Minnesota utilities to […]

Minnesota Reformer

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Israeli Squatters go wild in Israeli-Occupied Palestinian West Bank, attacking Palestinians, Cars, Shops and Olive Orchards

Israeli Squatters go wild in Israeli-Occupied Palestinian West Bank, attacking Palestinians, Cars, Shops and Olive Orchards

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday evening and Sunday, the Israeli-Occupied Palestinian West Bank descended into an orgy of violence on the part of […]

Juan Cole

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