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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*
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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

08/27/2025 By Juan Cole

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

08/27/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Can Puerto Rico solve its perennial Energy Problems with Distributed and Community Solar?

Can Puerto Rico solve its perennial Energy Problems with Distributed and Community Solar?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have put out a one-year progress report […]

Juan Cole

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Having brought in Disruptive Israeli Extremists, Can Netanyahu's Government Survive?

Having brought in Disruptive Israeli Extremists, Can Netanyahu’s Government Survive?

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Before it was formed, the new far-right Israeli government coalition has been plagued […]

Middle East Monitor

Antisemitism
Combating Antisemitism today: Holocaust Education in the era of Twitter and TikTok

Combating Antisemitism today: Holocaust Education in the era of Twitter and TikTok

By Alan Marcus, University of Connecticut | – (The Conversation) – In the era of social media, antisemitism and Holocaust denial are no longer hidden […]

The Conversation

Gay rights
Who Will Speak Up for My Child, the Drag Queen?  And the Non-Binary and Transgender Folks Among Us, Too

Who Will Speak Up for My Child, the Drag Queen? And the Non-Binary and Transgender Folks Among Us, Too

By Ira Chernus | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – What makes a good society? Is it a guaranteed right to pursue happiness, as our Declaration […]

Tomdispatch

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Turkey's President Erdogan Says Swedish NATO Application out of Question after Qur'an burning in Stockholm

Turkey’s President Erdogan Says Swedish NATO Application out of Question after Qur’an burning in Stockholm

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Sweden can forget about membership in the 30-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization. […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Iran Charges 16, Including Several Teens, For Protests Amid Reports Of Forced Confessions

Iran Charges 16, Including Several Teens, For Protests Amid Reports Of Forced Confessions

By Ardeshir Tayebi | – ( RFE/RL ) – Iran has charged 16 people, including several teenagers, in the northwestern Iranian city of Urmia for […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s New West Bank Entry Rules Further Isolate Occupied Palestinians (HRW)

Israel’s New West Bank Entry Rules Further Isolate Occupied Palestinians (HRW)

Human Rights Watch – (Jerusalem) – New Israeli guidelines on access to the West Bank for foreigners threaten to further isolate Palestinians from loved ones […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
As US-EU Trade Tensions Rise, Conflicting Carbon Tariffs could undermine Climate Efforts

As US-EU Trade Tensions Rise, Conflicting Carbon Tariffs could undermine Climate Efforts

By Noah Kaufman, Columbia University;Chris Bataille, Columbia University; Gautam Jain, Columbia University; and Sagatom Saha, Columbia University | – Rising trade tensions between the U.S. […]

The Conversation

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Israel's Netanyahu Crumbles before Supreme Court demand he Fire Corrupt Minister, as AG considers Banning Netanyahu Too

Israel’s Netanyahu Crumbles before Supreme Court demand he Fire Corrupt Minister, as AG considers Banning Netanyahu Too

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Carrie Keller-Lynn at The Times of Israel reports that at Sunday’s Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was forced to fire […]

Juan Cole

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