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A Dangerous Profession, from Palestine to Iran:  When Journalists are the Target
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A Dangerous Profession, from Palestine to Iran: When Journalists are the Target

Fariba Amini

“Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.” – ― Stefan […]

How the UN Can Act Decisively to End Genocide in Gaza

How the UN Can Act Decisively to End Genocide in Gaza

09/03/2025 By Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Researching the Roots of War to Fight Militarism

Researching the Roots of War to Fight Militarism

09/03/2025 By William D. Hartung

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Nuclear Energy
For all the Hooplah, Nuclear Fusion won’t Save us from Climate Change, and it is Dangerous

For all the Hooplah, Nuclear Fusion won’t Save us from Climate Change, and it is Dangerous

By Joshua Frank | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – I awoke on December 13th to news about what could be the most significant scientific breakthrough […]

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African-Americans
McCarthy's Vendetta against Rep. Ilhan Omar Recalls Congress's Refusal to seat first African-American Elected to House in 1869

McCarthy’s Vendetta against Rep. Ilhan Omar Recalls Congress’s Refusal to seat first African-American Elected to House in 1869

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is making an attempt to keep Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from taking her seat […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Mike Pompeo, seeking White House, runs interference for the Saudis, Trashing murdered Journalist Khashoggi

Mike Pompeo, seeking White House, runs interference for the Saudis, Trashing murdered Journalist Khashoggi

Nashville – (Special to Informed Comment) – Mike Pompeo asserts that murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Kashoggi was no mild critic of the Saudi regime […]

Michael G. Roskin

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Calls for Palestinian Hamlet Khan Al-Ahmar’s Demolition speak of Colonial Violence and Privilege

Israeli Calls for Palestinian Hamlet Khan Al-Ahmar’s Demolition speak of Colonial Violence and Privilege

( Middle East Monitor ) – The former Israeli ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, has told a Likud faction meeting that “illegal Palestinian construction” […]

Ramona Wadi

Corruption
In Unusual Search for Accountability, Lebanese PM charged with Homicide over 2020 Beirut Port Explosion

In Unusual Search for Accountability, Lebanese PM charged with Homicide over 2020 Beirut Port Explosion

By John Nagle, Queen’s University Belfast | – The investigation into the Beirut port explosion has taken a new turn, with the judge overseeing the […]

The Conversation

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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

Far Right
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 […]

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