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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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Democracy
America’s best Christmas Present would be Real Democracy where even the Poor Vote

America’s best Christmas Present would be Real Democracy where even the Poor Vote

( Tomdispatch.com) – Last week, I was in Washington, D.C.’s Union Station. The weather had turned cold and I couldn’t help noticing what an inhospitable […]

Liz Theoharis

Algeria
Why Algeria's Coup and Civil War Should Alarm Americans about Trumpism, Whether he is Convicted or Not

Why Algeria’s Coup and Civil War Should Alarm Americans about Trumpism, Whether he is Convicted or Not

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donald Trump’s attempted coup on Jan. 6, for which he has now been referred to the Department of Justice on […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
New Extremist Israeli Government Further Marginalizes Palestinians and risks Alienating 70% World's Jews

New Extremist Israeli Government Further Marginalizes Palestinians and risks Alienating 70% World’s Jews

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – A crisis is brewing in the relationship between Israel and the United States, and even between Israel and […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Congress
What the criminal referral of Trump means – a constitutional law expert explains the Jan. 6 committee action

What the criminal referral of Trump means – a constitutional law expert explains the Jan. 6 committee action

Margaret M. Russell, Santa Clara University | – After 18 months investigating, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israel, Palestinian Children, and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (HRW)

Israel, Palestinian Children, and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (HRW)

( Human Rights Watch ) – We write in advance of the 94th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and its […]

Human Rights Watch

Donald Trump
Suspected of Sedition, Trump Joins Rogues' Gallery of Aaron Burr and Jefferson Davis

Suspected of Sedition, Trump Joins Rogues’ Gallery of Aaron Burr and Jefferson Davis

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ali Vitali, Kate Santaliz and Haley Talbot at NBC News report that the January 6 Committee of the House of […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Iran:  Till Death Do us Part

Iran: Till Death Do us Part

Revised 12/21/22. Within a. period of 4 months this year, I lost both my mother and oldest brother. The sense of loss has been enormous. […]

Fariba Amini

Arctic
2022 Revealed how Major Arctic Climate Shifts endanger People, Ecosystems and Wildlife

2022 Revealed how Major Arctic Climate Shifts endanger People, Ecosystems and Wildlife

By Matthew L. Druckenmiller, University of Colorado Boulder; Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks; and Twila Moon, University of Colorado Boulder | – In the […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Forget the Deplorables and Focus on the Persuadables: The Code behind the Far Right’s Success

Forget the Deplorables and Focus on the Persuadables: The Code behind the Far Right’s Success

( Tomdispatch.com) – Arizona is ground zero for the wackiest theories and craziest political candidates. Exhibit A: Kari Lake, the Republican who ran for governor […]

John Feffer

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