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Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health
Donald Trump

Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health

Dan Dinello

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – With a Cabinet full of fascists, fools, drunks, and sycophants, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands out as a […]

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

09/08/2025 By Juan Cole

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

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America’s Racial Wealth Divide

America’s Racial Wealth Divide

( Inequality.org ) – By the middle of the 21st century, the United States will be a “majority minority” nation. If we hope to ensure a […]

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Climate Crisis
Great Salt Lake Could be gone in 5 Years:  Huge Environmental Climate Catastrophe, Arsenic Dust Storms

Great Salt Lake Could be gone in 5 Years: Huge Environmental Climate Catastrophe, Arsenic Dust Storms

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Excessive water use is draining the Great Salt Lake so quickly that at this rate, it could be gone in […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Just How Big Can Wind Turbines get, as Some already Rival Skyscrapers?

Just How Big Can Wind Turbines get, as Some already Rival Skyscrapers?

By Simon Hogg, Durham University | – In 2023, some 100 miles off the coast of north-east England, the world’s largest wind turbines will start […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Shrinking Glaciers threaten Chinese and Indian Energy Transitions

Shrinking Glaciers threaten Chinese and Indian Energy Transitions

By Alok Gupta ( Third Pole ) – As glaciers shrink and monsoon rainfall becomes more unpredictable due to climate change, uncertainty around the viability of hydropower […]

The Third Pole

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Big Pharma spent more on Stock Buybacks and Dividends than on Research and Development even during COVID

Big Pharma spent more on Stock Buybacks and Dividends than on Research and Development even during COVID

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – The 14 largest publicly-traded pharmaceutical companies spent $747 billion on stock buybacks and dividends from 2012 through 2021 […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

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Netanyahu Shocked at UAE  cancellation of his State Visit after Extremists Storm Aqsa Mosque Complex

Netanyahu Shocked at UAE cancellation of his State Visit after Extremists Storm Aqsa Mosque Complex

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Far right wing extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir led a group of Israeli fanatics up to the al-Aqsa Mosque complex this week, […]

Juan Cole

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Four Ways Netanyahu's new Far-Right Government threatens Israeli Democracy

Four Ways Netanyahu’s new Far-Right Government threatens Israeli Democracy

By Boaz Atzili, American University School of International Service | – (The Conversation) – Democracy is not just about holding elections. It is a set […]

The Conversation

Domestic Surveillance
Red State Plans to Investigate Abortion Seekers and Trans Youth Require Sanctuary States to Lock Down Data

Red State Plans to Investigate Abortion Seekers and Trans Youth Require Sanctuary States to Lock Down Data

By Adam Schwartz | – ( Electronic Frontier Foundation ) – In the wake of this year’s Supreme Court decision in Dobbs overruling Roe v. […]

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Iran
Why the Middle East is moving and must move away from Oil and Gas

Why the Middle East is moving and must move away from Oil and Gas

By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – In 2022, the biggest energy issue in the Middle East was Organisation of […]

Middle East Monitor

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