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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line
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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Braga, Portugal and and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the final days of Israel’s eleven-day war with Iran, the targeted […]

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

06/28/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

06/28/2025 By The Conversation

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Afghanistan
Taliban in Power – One Year On

Taliban in Power – One Year On

By Amina Khan | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – On 15 August 2021, the world looked on with trepidation as the situation in […]

Middle East Monitor

Far Right
Faced with Extremism within its Ranks, US Military has clamped down on racist Speech, including Retweets and Likes

Faced with Extremism within its Ranks, US Military has clamped down on racist Speech, including Retweets and Likes

By Dwight Stirling, University of Southern California | – Less than a month after the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, Secretary of […]

The Conversation

Health Care
A Military Rich in Dollars, Poor in People:  And our Frayed Social Safety Net

A Military Rich in Dollars, Poor in People: And our Frayed Social Safety Net

Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – The American military is now having trouble recruiting enough soldiers. According to the New York Times, its ranks […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Climate Crisis
Climate Emergency: Europe Parched, Farms Fallow, as Lakes and Rivers Dry up in worst Drought since time of Christ

Climate Emergency: Europe Parched, Farms Fallow, as Lakes and Rivers Dry up in worst Drought since time of Christ

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Europe is in the throes of a once-in-500 years severe drought that is making its rivers into shallow streams and […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghan Women are refusing to remain Silent One Year after the Taliban Takeover

Afghan Women are refusing to remain Silent One Year after the Taliban Takeover

By Homa Hoodfar, Concordia University and Mona Tajali, Agnes Scott College | – (The Conversation) – On Aug. 15, it will be a year since […]

The Conversation

Death Penalty
Why Is Iran Executing So Many Prisoners?

Why Is Iran Executing So Many Prisoners?

By Giovana Faria | – ( RFE/RL ) – With a long list of crimes punishable by death, Iran put at least 314 prisoners to […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Climate Crisis
Climate Change Threatens the Most Iconic U.S. Landscapes, from Joshua Trees to Wetlands

Climate Change Threatens the Most Iconic U.S. Landscapes, from Joshua Trees to Wetlands

By Farrah Hassen | – ( Otherwords ) – Over the past decade, I’ve traveled countless times to the desert regions east of San Bernardino […]

OtherWords

Books
In Honor of Salman Rushdie, Novelist and Stabbing Victim: Midnight's Other Children, by Juan Cole

In Honor of Salman Rushdie, Novelist and Stabbing Victim: Midnight’s Other Children, by Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Salman Rushdie, Booker Prize-winning novelist, was repeatedly stabbed on Friday at a literary event at Chautauqua Institution in western New […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
From the Greatest Generation to the Trump Generation: Can America’s Drastic Decline be Reversed?

From the Greatest Generation to the Trump Generation: Can America’s Drastic Decline be Reversed?

( Tomdispatch.com) – I find nothing strange in Joe Biden, at 79 (going on 80), being the oldest president in our history and possibly planning […]

Tom Engelhardt

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