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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Gaza’s Food System has been Stretched to Breaking Point by Israel

Palestinian Gaza’s Food System has been Stretched to Breaking Point by Israel

By Georgina McAllister, Coventry University | – “Control oil, and you control nations; control food and you control people.” This aphorism, often attributed to Henry […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The Fossil Free Research Movement is taking Universities by Storm

The Fossil Free Research Movement is taking Universities by Storm

By Nick Engelfried | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – When over 40 Cambridge students and academics occupied the elite U.K. university’s BP Institute earlier […]

Waging Nonviolence

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Israel's Racism Controversy over the "Problematic" "Arab Womb."  Should Palestinian-Israelis be fined for Having Children?

Israel’s Racism Controversy over the “Problematic” “Arab Womb.” Should Palestinian-Israelis be fined for Having Children?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Adnan Abu Aamer writing at the pan-Arab newspaper Arabi 21, reviews the controversy roiling the Palestinian-Israeli community, over a physician’s […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Solar Panels are the Cheapest Energy in World History, but they Can be Even more Efficient and Inexpensive

Solar Panels are the Cheapest Energy in World History, but they Can be Even more Efficient and Inexpensive

By Renate Egan, UNSW Sydney | – The cost of turning sunlight into electricity has fallen more than 90% over the last decade. Solar is […]

The Conversation

journalism
My War Never Ends

My War Never Ends

By Chris Hedges | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – As this century began, I was writing War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, my […]

Tomdispatch

Afghanistan
Whatever you Think of the Taliban, the Afghan People Desperately Need Help, not Broad Sanctions

Whatever you Think of the Taliban, the Afghan People Desperately Need Help, not Broad Sanctions

By Ed Corcoran | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The Taliban waged an impressive military campaign and removed the prior government in August […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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Zelensky Lambastes Israel for not Helping Ukraine, Warns of Russian Aid to Iran's Nuclear Program

Zelensky Lambastes Israel for not Helping Ukraine, Warns of Russian Aid to Iran’s Nuclear Program

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky lambasted Israel on Monday, saying that the latter’s refusal to provide Ukraine with anti-missile defenses and […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
Can a Right-Wing Indian-British Billionaire Save the Conservative Party from Instability and Growing Unpopularity?

Can a Right-Wing Indian-British Billionaire Save the Conservative Party from Instability and Growing Unpopularity?

London (Special to Informed Comment) – In a further display of chaos within the UK Conservative Party and British government, Britain has appointed its third […]

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

Israel/ Palestine
How Palestinian Youth resisted Israeli Occupation: with a Haircut

How Palestinian Youth resisted Israeli Occupation: with a Haircut

By Mariam Abuadas مريم أبو عدس

Global Voices

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