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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Top 6 Ways Republicans have Spread Hatred of Gays -- Background to Club Q Mass Shooting

Top 6 Ways Republicans have Spread Hatred of Gays — Background to Club Q Mass Shooting

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A 22-year-old gunman walked into Club Q in Colorado Springs Sunday and shot five people to death with a long […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
Is the Controversy over Qatar's World Cup just More Orientalism and Islamophobia?

Is the Controversy over Qatar’s World Cup just More Orientalism and Islamophobia?

Belfast (Informed Comment) – The entire Arab world is excited as one of the world biggest sports events, the FIFA World Cup is held in […]

Mohammed Samaana

Climate Crisis
COP27 Climate Policy breakthrough as Wealthy Polluters accept the Principle of Climate Reparations: But does it Go far Enough?

COP27 Climate Policy breakthrough as Wealthy Polluters accept the Principle of Climate Reparations: But does it Go far Enough?

By Matt McDonald, The University of Queensland | – For 30 years, developing nations have fought to establish an international fund to pay for the […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Political Super-Storm: When Will Climate Change Become the Crucial Issue in American Elections?

Political Super-Storm: When Will Climate Change Become the Crucial Issue in American Elections?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Believe me, it’s strange to be an old man and feel like you’re living on a new planet. On November 7th, […]

Tom Engelhardt

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Violent Provocateur Ben-Gvir, Israeli Squatters, run Riot in al-Khalil/ Hebron, injuring Indigenous Palestinians and Israeli Troops

Violent Provocateur Ben-Gvir, Israeli Squatters, run Riot in al-Khalil/ Hebron, injuring Indigenous Palestinians and Israeli Troops

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s new extremist far right-wing government is the gift that keeps on giving. Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ally of the new […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
Young Voters Delivered Big Wins for Abortion Rights

Young Voters Delivered Big Wins for Abortion Rights

By Ennedith Lopez | – When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade this summer, it unleashed a wave of cruel new restrictions on reproductive […]

OtherWords

Arms Sales
Ukraine war ignites the Arms Race in the Middle East

Ukraine war ignites the Arms Race in the Middle East

By Ibrahim Nawar | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Ukraine war has cast a shadow over the arms race in the Middle […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
With Climate Crisis, Dust Storms are getting Bigger, and Wildfires are one Cause

With Climate Crisis, Dust Storms are getting Bigger, and Wildfires are one Cause

By Matt Telfer, University of Plymouth | – (The Conversation) – Wildfires affect large areas of the Earth’s surface and many of their effects occur […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Social Media shows Iranian Crowds setting fire to Khomeini's House, in Generational Rejection of Islamic Republic

Social Media shows Iranian Crowds setting fire to Khomeini’s House, in Generational Rejection of Islamic Republic

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Reuters reports that social media sites carried video allegedly from Thursday night in the small town of Khomein in Iran, […]

Juan Cole

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