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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

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Saudi-Iran deal won’t bring Peace to the Middle East but will enhance China’s role as Power Broker

Saudi-Iran deal won’t bring Peace to the Middle East but will enhance China’s role as Power Broker

By Simon Mabon, Lancaster University | – (The Conversation) – After more than four decades as seemingly implacable enemies on either side of a deep […]

The Conversation

China
Is War with China Inevitable?

Is War with China Inevitable?

( Tomdispatch.com) – Is China really on the verge of invading the island of Taiwan, as so many top American officials seem to believe? If […]

Michael T. Klare

Climate Crisis
Saudi Aramco Reports Gargantuan $161 Bn in Profits, But will Electric Cars kill the Oil Market within 2 Decades?

Saudi Aramco Reports Gargantuan $161 Bn in Profits, But will Electric Cars kill the Oil Market within 2 Decades?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Dan Murphy at CNBC reports that the giant Saudi Aramco oil company posted an unprecedented profit of $161 billion for […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Syrian Earthquake devastated an Area that was already a disaster Zone – and highlights the vital Role of local aid Groups

Syrian Earthquake devastated an Area that was already a disaster Zone – and highlights the vital Role of local aid Groups

By Kimberly Howe, Tufts University | – (The Conversation) – Three weeks after the February 2023 earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria, I stood amid the […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Mass Protests and False Hope:  Israel's Supreme Court is no Friend of the Palestinian People

Mass Protests and False Hope: Israel’s Supreme Court is no Friend of the Palestinian People

Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud   ( Middle East Monitor ) – As hundreds of thousands, throughout Israel, joined anti-government protests, questions began to arise regarding […]

Ramzy Baroud

Africa
Tunisia: Racist Violence Targets Black Migrants, Refugees

Tunisia: Racist Violence Targets Black Migrants, Refugees

Human Rights Watch – (Tunis) – President Kais Saied’s recent attempt to mitigate the serious harm that a speech he made on February 21, 2023, […]

Human Rights Watch

Democracy
As Half a Million Israelis Protest Netanyahu Regime, it Faces setbacks in Arab World

As Half a Million Israelis Protest Netanyahu Regime, it Faces setbacks in Arab World

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hadas Gold and Amir Tal report for CNN that the tenth major weekend of protest against the plans of the […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
After the Earthquakes: Fearmongering about People fleeing disasters is a dangerous and faulty Narrative

After the Earthquakes: Fearmongering about People fleeing disasters is a dangerous and faulty Narrative

By Yvonne Su, York University, Canada, Corey Robinson, Durham University | – (The Conversation) – The death toll from the recent earthquakes in Turkey and […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Where were Defenders of Israeli Democracy Hiding when Apartheid was Growing?

Where were Defenders of Israeli Democracy Hiding when Apartheid was Growing?

Israelis continue rallies against gov’t judicial overhaul plan. By Ibrahim Hewitt ibrahimhewitt56   ( Middle East Monitor ) – It is heartening to see so […]

Middle East Monitor

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