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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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SCOTUS: Chair of Arizona GOP, Kelli Ward, must turn over her Phone Records to Jan. 6 House Panel

SCOTUS: Chair of Arizona GOP, Kelli Ward, must turn over her Phone Records to Jan. 6 House Panel

By Tori Gantz | – ( Cronkite News ) – WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court said Monday that Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward has […]

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Campaign Finance
Emirates has Spent $154 mn on Lobbying US since 2016, and has Illegally Influenced US Politics: Intel Report

Emirates has Spent $154 mn on Lobbying US since 2016, and has Illegally Influenced US Politics: Intel Report

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UAE has spent more than $154 million on lobbyists since 2016, according to Justice Department records. It has spent […]

Juan Cole

Houthi
Yemen:  ‘What Have we Left Behind’ by Bushra Al-Maqtari – “Only victims are real in this war”

Yemen: ‘What Have we Left Behind’ by Bushra Al-Maqtari – “Only victims are real in this war”

Barcelona (Special to Informed Comment) – Review of Bushra Al-Maqtari, What Have You Left Behind? (London: Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2022.) “Only victims are real in this […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Progressive Politics
Ballot Initiatives let the People sidestep Right-Wing Politicians in this Election, So the Right wants to Abolish Them

Ballot Initiatives let the People sidestep Right-Wing Politicians in this Election, So the Right wants to Abolish Them

By Sarah Anderson | – ( Otherwords.org) – This fall, in the lead-up to the midterm elections, a group of Catholic nuns, Protestant ministers, and […]

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Climate Crisis
The “Rules-Based International Order” Has a Priorities problem, stressing War over Food Security and Climate

The “Rules-Based International Order” Has a Priorities problem, stressing War over Food Security and Climate

( Todmispatch.com ) – Washington’s vaunted “rules-based international order” has undergone a stress test following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and here’s the news so far: […]

Rajan Menon

Climate Crisis
If a Warnock win gives the Dems 51 in the Senate, Sen. Manchin will no Longer be a drag on Green Energy Progress

If a Warnock win gives the Dems 51 in the Senate, Sen. Manchin will no Longer be a drag on Green Energy Progress

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ladies and gentlemen, the results are in, and the winner of the 2022 midterms is . . . the earth’s […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Geothermal Energy to get Relaunch in Germany as Government seeks new Heating Sources

Geothermal Energy to get Relaunch in Germany as Government seeks new Heating Sources

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – The vast potential of geothermal energy generation for heating has so far been under-utilised in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
The Biden Administration Says it will Push Back against Israeli Annexation of Palestine; but Will It?

The Biden Administration Says it will Push Back against Israeli Annexation of Palestine; but Will It?

( Middle East Monitor) – The US will push back against annexation, according to US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, as the Abraham Accords are […]

Ramzy Baroud

Islam
How Images of veiled Muslim Women are used to justify War

How Images of veiled Muslim Women are used to justify War

By Sara Rahnama, Morgan State University | – Unusual Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Course Title: […]

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