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

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 (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

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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Authoritarianism
Is Israel becoming a Middle East Dictatorship under Netanyahu?  110,000 Rally against Gov't

Is Israel becoming a Middle East Dictatorship under Netanyahu? 110,000 Rally against Gov’t

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some 110,000 Israelis protested Saturday night at two big rallies in Tel Aviv. So reports Al Jazeera. The larger of […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Economic Growth is killing the Planet. How do we Engineer an Alternative?

Economic Growth is killing the Planet. How do we Engineer an Alternative?

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – In 1972, the Club of Rome released a report called The Limits to Growth that laid out the damage […]

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
Desalination could give the Middle East Water without damaging marine Life – but it must be managed carefully

Desalination could give the Middle East Water without damaging marine Life – but it must be managed carefully

By Jonathan Chenoweth, University of Surrey and Raya A. Al-Masr, University of Surrey | – (The Conversation) – More than 2 billion people live in […]

The Conversation

Solar Energy
Solar Plant northwest of Flagstaff expected to Avoid 1 billion pounds of CO2 Emissions each Year

Solar Plant northwest of Flagstaff expected to Avoid 1 billion pounds of CO2 Emissions each Year

By Sydnee Wilson ( Cronkite News ) – FLAGSTAFF – Salt River Project has partnered with Clenera, a private renewable energy company, to bring Arizona […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Climate Crisis
Nearly 20% of New Vehicles in California Last Year were Zero-Emission, as Peak Oil nears

Nearly 20% of New Vehicles in California Last Year were Zero-Emission, as Peak Oil nears

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The office of California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that nearly 1 in 5 of new vehicles purchased in that state […]

Juan Cole

Haredim
Israel’s new hard-line Government has made Headlines – the bigger demographic Changes that caused it, not so much

Israel’s new hard-line Government has made Headlines – the bigger demographic Changes that caused it, not so much

By Michael Brenner, American University | – Israel’s new goverment is the most right-wing and religious leadership the country has had in the 75 years […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Security Minister Ben-Gvir's Efforts in the Erasure of Palestinian Identity

Israeli Security Minister Ben-Gvir’s Efforts in the Erasure of Palestinian Identity

( Middle East Monitor ) – Tying in to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement that “the Jewish people have an exclusive and unquestionable right […]

Ramona Wadi

Health Care
‘Cancel This Failed Experiment’: Physicians Tell Biden HHS to End Medicare Privatization Pilot

‘Cancel This Failed Experiment’: Physicians Tell Biden HHS to End Medicare Privatization Pilot

By Jake Johnson | – ( Commondreams.org) – A national physician group this week called for the complete termination of a Medicare privatization scheme that […]

Common Dreams

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In 2023, Biden may have to Choose between Sanctions against Russia's Ukraine War and Maximum Pressure on Iran

In 2023, Biden may have to Choose between Sanctions against Russia’s Ukraine War and Maximum Pressure on Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Does President Joe Biden have a choice of winning his struggle with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, or continuing “maximum pressure” sanctions […]

Juan Cole

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