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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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US Sec'ry of Defense Austin intervenes in Israeli Crisis: Condemns Settler attacks on Palestinians, Netanyahu Assault on Courts

US Sec’ry of Defense Austin intervenes in Israeli Crisis: Condemns Settler attacks on Palestinians, Netanyahu Assault on Courts

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s visit to Israel on Thursday was overshadowed by the massive protests in the streets, which […]

Juan Cole

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Israelis protest Netanyahu Government’s Brutality and plans to undermine Rule of Law

Israelis protest Netanyahu Government’s Brutality and plans to undermine Rule of Law

By John Strawson, University of East London | It’s a week since hundreds of Israeli settlers descended on the Palestinian village of Hawara to terrorise […]

The Conversation

Feminism
Walking Unveiled In Iran: Believing in the Beauty and Importance of Walks

Walking Unveiled In Iran: Believing in the Beauty and Importance of Walks

“I also believe in the beauty and importance of our walks”   Tara Sepehri Far,  Iran and Kuwait Senior Researcher, Middle East and North Africa […]

Human Rights Watch

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Protesting the Imprisonment of Professor Awad al-Qarni, Popular Religious Reformer, by Saudi Arabia

Protesting the Imprisonment of Professor Awad al-Qarni, Popular Religious Reformer, by Saudi Arabia

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – March 09, 2023 His Majesty King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Elite Israeli Reserve Military Units Pass around Petitions calling Religious Parties Corrupt Parasites, threatening to go AWOL if Netanyahu guts Judiciary

Elite Israeli Reserve Military Units Pass around Petitions calling Religious Parties Corrupt Parasites, threatening to go AWOL if Netanyahu guts Judiciary

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that protests against the government of Binyamin Netanyahu’s plans to gut the Israeli judiciary […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
On Int’l Women’s Day, US Activists Called on U.N. to halt Denial of Basic Reproductive Rights to American Women

On Int’l Women’s Day, US Activists Called on U.N. to halt Denial of Basic Reproductive Rights to American Women

By: Sofia Resnick –   Nearly 22 million women, girls and gender-nonconforming persons of reproductive age are now living in states where abortion has been […]

Michigan Advance

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Tunisia's wave of racist attacks: 'I'm afraid. I can just disappear'

Tunisia’s wave of racist attacks: ‘I’m afraid. I can just disappear’

Amelia Smith amyinthedesert     ( Middle East Monitor ) – One student in Tunis fears most for his female colleagues; a story is circulating […]

Middle East Monitor

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Syria’s Earthquake survivors struggle in a Disaster made far worse by Civil War, bombed-out Hospitals and currency Collapse

Syria’s Earthquake survivors struggle in a Disaster made far worse by Civil War, bombed-out Hospitals and currency Collapse

By Ora Szekely, Clark University | – After a pair of devastating earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northwestern Syria, the number of confirmed deaths continues […]

The Conversation

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South Africa downgrades Israeli Embassy over Ongoing Apartheid (and they should know)

South Africa downgrades Israeli Embassy over Ongoing Apartheid (and they should know)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Middle East Eye reports that the South African parliament has voted to downgrade the Israeli embassy in Pretoria to […]

Juan Cole

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