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Gaza: It’s not “Complicated”
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Gaza: It’s not “Complicated”

Alan Richards

Santa Cruz, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – HISTORY is always complicated. ELEMENTARY ETHICS is not. “Do not do to others what is hateful to […]

US: Lift Sanctions on Leading Palestinian Human Rights Organization

US: Lift Sanctions on Leading Palestinian Human Rights Organization

07/15/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Zohran Mamdani’s last Name reflects Centuries of intercontinental Trade, Migration and cultural Exchange

Zohran Mamdani’s last Name reflects Centuries of intercontinental Trade, Migration and cultural Exchange

07/15/2025 By The Conversation

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Iran and US to enter high-stakes Nuclear  Negotiations – hampered by a lack of Trust

Iran and US to enter high-stakes Nuclear Negotiations – hampered by a lack of Trust

ByAli Bilgic, Loughborough University (The Conversation) – The announcement of planned talks between the US and Iran in Oman signifies a crucial development – especially […]

The Conversation

Health Care
Despite Proven Fraud, Trump to Boost Payments to Privatized Medicare Advantage by $25 Billion

Despite Proven Fraud, Trump to Boost Payments to Privatized Medicare Advantage by $25 Billion

“Privatized Medicare plans are denying patients the care they need, while defrauding the government of billions a year,” said one advocacy group. “Donald Trump is […]

Common Dreams

Climate Crisis
Wet Bulb Dead Zones could make Parts of Middle East, Pakistan, Uninhabitable — Even at Night

Wet Bulb Dead Zones could make Parts of Middle East, Pakistan, Uninhabitable — Even at Night

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last fall, NASA scientist Colin Raymond and colleagues published an article showing that contrary to expectations, deadly heat and humidity […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
The Six-Times Bankrupt Trump Turns to Bankrupting America

The Six-Times Bankrupt Trump Turns to Bankrupting America

( Tomdispatch.com ) – From childhood, I think I had some eerie sense of just how bad it could get in America. After all, in junior […]

Tom Engelhardt

Academic Freedom
Protesting Yale’s Firing of Helyeh Doutagh based on Questionable Israeli AI-generated Charges

Protesting Yale’s Firing of Helyeh Doutagh based on Questionable Israeli AI-generated Charges

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Susan Sawyer Senior Associate General Counsel Yale University susan.sawyer@yale.edu Dear Ms. Sawyer: We write […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Solar Power doubling every 3 Years; 41% of world Electricity now Low-Carbon

Solar Power doubling every 3 Years; 41% of world Electricity now Low-Carbon

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It may be that Trump can slow the advance of renewables, including solar energy, in the United States. That would […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Iran must Unconditionally Release Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi

Iran must Unconditionally Release Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi

Release All other Arbitrarily Detained Rights Activists Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Iranian authorities are threatening to return the human rights defender and Nobel […]

Human Rights Watch

Donald Trump
With US Bombers at the ready, can Trump cut a Deal with Iran and avoid a War?

With US Bombers at the ready, can Trump cut a Deal with Iran and avoid a War?

By Amin Saikal, Victoria University (The Conversation) – The United States and Iran are once again on a collision course over the Iranian nuclear program. […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Is Trump a Bigger Threat to America than Usama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda?

Is Trump a Bigger Threat to America than Usama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donald Trump has inflicted more damage on the United States’s markets than did Usam Bin Laden and al-Qaeda on 9/11. […]

Juan Cole

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