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A Reluctant (Iranian) Exile: Minister without Portfolio
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A Reluctant (Iranian) Exile: Minister without Portfolio

Joseph Richard Preville

A Review of Minister Without Portfolio: Memoir of a Reluctant Exile by Hooman Majd. Detroit (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Everybody needs a home. […]

Why Trump’s Fight with India could have global Repercussions

Why Trump’s Fight with India could have global Repercussions

09/05/2025 By The Conversation

Will Cancer Prove to be Another Weapon in Israel’s War in Gaza?

Will Cancer Prove to be Another Weapon in Israel’s War in Gaza?

09/05/2025 By Joshua Frank

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Authoritarianism
The MAGA Golden Calf:  The Christian Right's dangerous Flirtation with Political Violence and Far-Right Extremism

The MAGA Golden Calf: The Christian Right’s dangerous Flirtation with Political Violence and Far-Right Extremism

By Matthijs Kronemeijer | – Toronto (Special to Informed Comment) – The November edition of First Things, a magazine of the Christian Right, features a […]

Matthijs Kronemeijer

Authoritarianism
What to Expect from COP27 in Egypt’s Police State: Medea Benjamin Interviews Sharif Abdel Kouddous

What to Expect from COP27 in Egypt’s Police State: Medea Benjamin Interviews Sharif Abdel Kouddous

Medea Benjamin interviews Sharif Abdel Kouddous | – (Code Pink) – The global climate meeting called COP27 (the 27th Conference of Parties) will be held […]

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Conspiracy Theories
The Courts have been the Last Bastion of Sanity in Polarized America, but what if they Go MAGA too?

The Courts have been the Last Bastion of Sanity in Polarized America, but what if they Go MAGA too?

By Andy Kroll | – ( Tomdispatch.cm ) – For about a week in the summer of 2018, I caught an early-morning train from Washington, […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
Egypt's Alexandria in Danger of becoming a modern Atlantis, as Climate Conference opens in Sharm El Sheikh

Egypt’s Alexandria in Danger of becoming a modern Atlantis, as Climate Conference opens in Sharm El Sheikh

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The second-largest city in the country hosting this year’s international climate change conference, Alexandria in Egypt, will struggle for its […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Churches Are Breaking the Law by Endorsing in Elections, Experts Say. The IRS Looks the Other Way

Churches Are Breaking the Law by Endorsing in Elections, Experts Say. The IRS Looks the Other Way

By Jeremy Schwartz and Jessica Priest | – Co-published with The Texas Tribune ( ProPublica) – Six days before a local runoff election last year […]

ProPublica

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China's Decarbonization Miracle: "We are Witnessing a Fundamental Change in its Electricity Mix"

China’s Decarbonization Miracle: “We are Witnessing a Fundamental Change in its Electricity Mix”

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – When it comes to a global clean energy transition, China is both part of the problem and part of […]

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
As COP27 Climate Summit in Egypt Nears, World Needs to Realize Depth of Crisis, Urgency of Action

As COP27 Climate Summit in Egypt Nears, World Needs to Realize Depth of Crisis, Urgency of Action

By Andrew King, The University of Melbourne | – (The Conversation) – World leaders and climate experts are gathering for pivotal United Nations climate change […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
The Rise of Israeli Fascism as the Swing Vote in Parliament, and the Project of Ethnic Cleansing

The Rise of Israeli Fascism as the Swing Vote in Parliament, and the Project of Ethnic Cleansing

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Despite Israeli propaganda about being a democracy that shares values with the liberal West, the country has for some time […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
'Bloody Friday' highlights the Plight of the Baloch in Iran

‘Bloody Friday’ highlights the Plight of the Baloch in Iran

By Samand Muhammad-Shahi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – A month after a brutal massacre, protests continue in Iran’s restive region of Balochistan, […]

Middle East Monitor

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