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Trump’s Immigrant Gulags:  A Bonanza For Private Prison Corporations
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Trump’s Immigrant Gulags: A Bonanza For Private Prison Corporations

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When it comes to for-profit, private corporate incarceration of immigrants, making lots of money is like drinking […]

“The Bird is on the Wing”: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:7

“The Bird is on the Wing”: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:7

08/30/2025 By Juan Cole

The price of genocide: How US Funding sustains an unraveling Israeli Economy

The price of genocide: How US Funding sustains an unraveling Israeli Economy

08/30/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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GCC Energy stands as the ‘Superman’ of Global Energy Markets

GCC Energy stands as the ‘Superman’ of Global Energy Markets

  by Dr Elif Selin Calik The energy sector of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries represents the ‘Superman’ of global energy markets according to both […]

Middle East Monitor

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Sports are not Enough to Distract us from Continuous Trump

Sports are not Enough to Distract us from Continuous Trump

By Robert Lipsyte ( Tomdispatch.com ) – If the overwhelming deluge from the Trumpian firehose of lies, threats, incompetency, illegal actions, and surreality is sweeping […]

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Israel Announces New Campaign in Gaza aimed at Complete Occupation and Confining Palestinians to Southern Enclave

Israel Announces New Campaign in Gaza aimed at Complete Occupation and Confining Palestinians to Southern Enclave

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mahmoud Mujadala at the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the spokesman for the Israeli army, Effie Defrin, announced Monday […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Pope’s final Wish: his Car to become a mobile Clinic for Gaza’s Children

Pope’s final Wish: his Car to become a mobile Clinic for Gaza’s Children

( Middle East Monitor ) – Swedish Television announced on Sunday a humanitarian initiative to convert the late Pope Francis’s car—used during his 2014 visit […]

Middle East Monitor

Islam
Pope Francis encouraged Christian-Muslim Dialogue and helped break down Stereotypes

Pope Francis encouraged Christian-Muslim Dialogue and helped break down Stereotypes

By Craig Considine, Rice University (The Conversation) – Pope Francis’ pontificate marked a distinct shift in the Catholic Church’s engagement with the Muslim world. While […]

The Conversation

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Are Houthi Attacks on Israel Driven by Yemeni Domestic Politics?

Are Houthi Attacks on Israel Driven by Yemeni Domestic Politics?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ansar Allah (Helpers of God) government of North Yemen, led by Abdel Malik al-Houthi, declared an aerial blockade of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Humanitarian response in Gaza “on the Verge of Total Collapse” – Red Cross warns

Humanitarian response in Gaza “on the Verge of Total Collapse” – Red Cross warns

( Middle East Monitor ) – The humanitarian response in Gaza is on the verge of total collapse, the International Committee of the Red Cross […]

Middle East Monitor

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Climate Breakdown: Wildfire Smoke and Extreme Heat will make for a Hot, Smoky Future

Climate Breakdown: Wildfire Smoke and Extreme Heat will make for a Hot, Smoky Future

By Stephanie Cleland, Simon Fraser University (The Conversation) – In recent years, Canadians have been subjected to both severe wildfire smoke and extreme heat events, […]

The Conversation

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As Israelis Blockade Food to Gaza, 9,000 Children have been Admitted for Acute Malnutrition

As Israelis Blockade Food to Gaza, 9,000 Children have been Admitted for Acute Malnutrition

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said Friday that “malnutrition is … on the rise. More than 9,000 children have been […]

Juan Cole

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