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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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Iran Leader Khamenei seems to Back-Pedal from Punishing Women for "Poor Veiling" after Months of Protest

Iran Leader Khamenei seems to Back-Pedal from Punishing Women for “Poor Veiling” after Months of Protest

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to the official Iranian press, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the “August Leader” of Iran, met Wednesday with hundreds of professional […]

Juan Cole

Employment
Why Many Turkish People who migrated to European Countries are worse off than those who stayed at Home

Why Many Turkish People who migrated to European Countries are worse off than those who stayed at Home

By Sebnem Eroglu, University of Bristol | – (The Conversation) – Many people migrate to another country to earn a decent income and to attain […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Two Iranian Teens Reportedly Sentenced To Death Over Protests

Two Iranian Teens Reportedly Sentenced To Death Over Protests

By Ardeshir Tayebi | – Iran has reportedly sentenced two teenagers to death for “corruption on Earth” and “waging war against God” among other charges […]

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censorship
Sudan Military-Civilian Pact Omits Key Justice Reforms, including an End to Impunity (HRW)

Sudan Military-Civilian Pact Omits Key Justice Reforms, including an End to Impunity (HRW)

Human Rights Watch – (Nairobi) – Sudan’s political actors and international partners should ensure that progress on human rights and accountability for serious human rights […]

Human Rights Watch

Corruption
The Republican Sleight-of-Hand: McCarthy Failed on his first Try because He is George Santos

The Republican Sleight-of-Hand: McCarthy Failed on his first Try because He is George Santos

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Republican Party failed to elect a Speaker of the House on Tuesday. The ostensible reason is that 20 of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Jewish supremacy is state policy, says Netanyahu

Jewish supremacy is state policy, says Netanyahu

( Middle East Monitor ) – American Jewish leaders are right to be worried. As Benjamin Netanyahu peels away at the façade that has maintained […]

Middle East Monitor

Employment
Child poverty rates highest in states that haven’t raised minimum wage

Child poverty rates highest in states that haven’t raised minimum wage

By Casey Quinlan | – ( Minnesota Reformer ) – Of the 20 states that have failed to raise the minimum wage above the federal […]

Minnesota Reformer

Corporations
Southwest’s Meltdown: Stock Buybacks, High Exec Pay, and Neglected Software Upgrades

Southwest’s Meltdown: Stock Buybacks, High Exec Pay, and Neglected Software Upgrades

() Inequality.org) – For America’s rich and powerful, the new year is beginning in a most inauspicious fashion. Millions of Americans are once again fuming […]

Sam Pizzigati

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Will the International Court of Justice finally give a Verdict against Israel's Illegal Squatting in Palestine?

Will the International Court of Justice finally give a Verdict against Israel’s Illegal Squatting in Palestine?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al-Quds [Jerusalem] reports the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution entitled “Israeli Practices that affect the Human […]

Juan Cole

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