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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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The 'Arab Factor' in bringing down the Israeli Government

The ‘Arab Factor’ in bringing down the Israeli Government

By Jeff Halper | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel is in the midst of a political stalemate. Bennett’s centre-right government has resigned […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Germany Pushes joint Effort to become Climate-neutral Aviation ‘Pioneer’

Germany Pushes joint Effort to become Climate-neutral Aviation ‘Pioneer’

By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The German government has launched a new push to make the country an international […]

Clean Energy Wire

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56% of Muslim Americans support Women's Right to choose, and More Muslim-Majority Nations offer Abortion on Demand than do U.S. States

56% of Muslim Americans support Women’s Right to choose, and More Muslim-Majority Nations offer Abortion on Demand than do U.S. States

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With the striking down of Roe, the Federalist Society’s bought-and-paid-for Supreme Court has allowed states to dictate as they will […]

Juan Cole

Buddhism
America’s religious Communities are divided over the issue of Abortion

America’s religious Communities are divided over the issue of Abortion

Interview by Kalpana Jain, The Conversation | – Interviewed: Luis Josué Salés, Scripps College; Rachel Mikva, Chicago Theological Seminary; Samira Meht University of Colorado Boulder; […]

The Conversation

Joe Biden
The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine War:  A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer

The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine War: A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer

Robert Schumann Center for Advanced Studies: “Professor John J. Mearsheimer will discuss the current Russian invasion on Ukraine whilst exploring the potential causes and consequences […]

John J. Mearsheimer

India
Ukraine War Fallout: Russia and Iran Plot Alternative Gulf Trade Route to Avoid US Sanctions

Ukraine War Fallout: Russia and Iran Plot Alternative Gulf Trade Route to Avoid US Sanctions

By Gilbert Achkar | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Naturally, one of the consequences of the sanctions imposed by Western countries on Russia […]

Gilbert Achcar

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How Clarence Thomas gets the History of Gun Regulation Wrong: And a Modest Proposal to Make Gunmen put up Surety Bonds

How Clarence Thomas gets the History of Gun Regulation Wrong: And a Modest Proposal to Make Gunmen put up Surety Bonds

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Originalists on the Supreme Court such as the late Antonin Scalia and current Justice Clarence Thomas claim to seek guidance […]

Juan Cole

Food Insecurity
How Far Right Legislators are Criminalizing Homelessness and Recreating Debtors' Prisons to Please the Rabid Trump Base

How Far Right Legislators are Criminalizing Homelessness and Recreating Debtors’ Prisons to Please the Rabid Trump Base

In today’s America, it is increasingly difficult to tell government officials from criminals. A case in point is the Tennessee legislature, which just criminalized homelessness […]

H. Scott Prosterman

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State funds for students at religious schools? Supreme Court says ‘yes’ in Maine case – but consequences could go beyond

State funds for students at religious schools? Supreme Court says ‘yes’ in Maine case – but consequences could go beyond

By Charles J. Russo

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