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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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Palestinians Mount Blood Donation Drive for Earthquake Victims, as one Artist tells European Islamophobes, 'Turkey is Strong and Will Rise Again'

Palestinians Mount Blood Donation Drive for Earthquake Victims, as one Artist tells European Islamophobes, ‘Turkey is Strong and Will Rise Again’

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas authorized the Palestinian foreign ministry to send a 30-member rapid response team to Malatya in southern […]

Juan Cole

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German Chancellor Scholz promises Construction of “four to five wind turbines per day” to reach 2030 Target

German Chancellor Scholz promises Construction of “four to five wind turbines per day” to reach 2030 Target

( Clean Energy Wire ) – In a bid to achieve the high renewable power expansion targets for the end of the decade, German chancellor […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

Israel/ Palestine
When Governments Speak of a Non-Existent 'Two-State Solution,' it is to Avoid Acknowledging Israeli Apartheid

When Governments Speak of a Non-Existent ‘Two-State Solution,’ it is to Avoid Acknowledging Israeli Apartheid

( Middle East Monitor) – In January 2021, the Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem declared that Israel imposes apartheid on the people of occupied Palestine, […]

Ramona Wadi

Bashar al-Assad
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Assad blames west as agencies struggle to get aid to his desperate people

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Assad blames west as agencies struggle to get aid to his desperate people

By Scott Lucas, University College Dublin | – (The Conversation) – It didn’t take long for Syria’s Assad regime to seek political and economic benefit […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
As Death Toll Soars, can President Erdogan Survive Turkey's Earthquake Politically?

As Death Toll Soars, can President Erdogan Survive Turkey’s Earthquake Politically?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Monday’s massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake in south-central Turkey, in which at least 20,000 have died — and probably tens of […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Syria bears Brunt of economic Devastation caused by Quake

Syria bears Brunt of economic Devastation caused by Quake

( Irish Times ) – The death and devastation wreaked by Monday’s massive earthquake is greatest in Turkey, but that country is in a far […]

Michael Jansen

Displaced and Refugees
Twitter Blackout in Turkey amid Earthquake Rescue Operations: The Dangers of Microblogging Outages during Disasters

Twitter Blackout in Turkey amid Earthquake Rescue Operations: The Dangers of Microblogging Outages during Disasters

By Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University | – (The Conversation) – Twitter was blocked in Turkey on Feb. 8, 2023, according to internet monitoring service […]

The Conversation

Health
Football’s One to the Heart:  How Safe is the Superbowl for Players?

Football’s One to the Heart: How Safe is the Superbowl for Players?

By Robert Lipsyte | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The echoes still linger from that national sigh of relief last month when Buffalo Bills safety […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
IEA: Renewables plus Nuclear are able to meet 90% of Globe's New Electricity demand Through 2025

IEA: Renewables plus Nuclear are able to meet 90% of Globe’s New Electricity demand Through 2025

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Energy Agency, in a new report that is just out, estimates that 90% of new global electricity demand […]

Juan Cole

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