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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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Israel’s Netanyahu banks on TACO Trump as he Launches War on Iran to disrupt Negotiations

Israel’s Netanyahu banks on TACO Trump as he Launches War on Iran to disrupt Negotiations

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Threat to Rule of Law: Sen. Padilla thrown to Ground, Cuffed at Noem DHS Press Conference

Threat to Rule of Law: Sen. Padilla thrown to Ground, Cuffed at Noem DHS Press Conference

“This isn’t just shocking,” said Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.). “It’s a threat to the rule of law and democratic accountability.” By Jon Queally. | – […]

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How Pete Rose and Donald Trump Are the Dregs of American “Masculinity”

How Pete Rose and Donald Trump Are the Dregs of American “Masculinity”

By Robert Lipsyte ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Thanks to our current misbegotten model of manhood, we are once again arguing about this moral question: Should […]

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Women’s Cancer Rates are Rising in the Oil Gulf: is Global Heating causing it?

Women’s Cancer Rates are Rising in the Oil Gulf: is Global Heating causing it?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Human-caused global heating is hitting the Middle East hard, and rates of cancer in Middle Eastern women are increasing. Is […]

Juan Cole

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Israel: Will Ultra-Orthodox Jews’ Opposition to Conscription Bring down Netanyahu’s Gov’t

Israel: Will Ultra-Orthodox Jews’ Opposition to Conscription Bring down Netanyahu’s Gov’t

( Middle East Monitor ) – It may not have occurred to David Ben-Gurion 77 years ago, when he approved a limited exemption from military […]

Middle East Monitor

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Sanctioning extremist Israeli Ministers is a Start, but More must be Done

Sanctioning extremist Israeli Ministers is a Start, but More must be Done

By Jessica Whyte, UNSW Sydney and Sara Dehm, University of Technology Sydney (The Conversation) – The Australian government is imposing financial and travel sanctions on […]

The Conversation

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How Israeli and International Businesses and Financial Institutions Sustain Illegal Occupation

How Israeli and International Businesses and Financial Institutions Sustain Illegal Occupation

As the West Bank is being annexed to Israel through blood and violence, many Israeli and international businesses and financials are tacitly supporting the ethnic […]

Dan Steinbock

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Ocean currents can generate electricity – and our Study shows Africa’s Seas have some of the Strongest

Ocean currents can generate electricity – and our Study shows Africa’s Seas have some of the Strongest

By James H. VanZwieten Jr., Florida Atlantic University; Gabriel Alsenas, Florida Atlantic University; Mahsan Sadoughipour, Florida Atlantic University, and Yufei Tang, Florida Atlantic University (The […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Freedom of Movement and Global Apartheid: The United States and Israel

Freedom of Movement and Global Apartheid: The United States and Israel

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In an aphorism sometimes attributed to Leo Tolstoy, sometimes to John Gardner, all literature relies on one of two plots: a […]

Aviva Chomsky

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