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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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China
Why China Will Decide the Outcome of Russia v. the West

Why China Will Decide the Outcome of Russia v. the West

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In its attempt to swallow Ukraine whole, Russia has so far managed to bite off only the eastern Donbas region and […]

John Feffer

African-Americans
There may not be a Bottom: The Fall and Fall of Rudy Giuliani and his Targeting of Moss and Lady Ruby

There may not be a Bottom: The Fall and Fall of Rudy Giuliani and his Targeting of Moss and Lady Ruby

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rudy Giuliani joined in the pillorying of Georgia election worker Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, falsely accusing her of bringing a suitcase […]

Juan Cole

Gay rights
Review: “Homosexuality in Islam” by Scott Kugle

Review: “Homosexuality in Islam” by Scott Kugle

( Medium) – For anyone attuned to the Muslim American milieu, it is hard to miss how conversations around gender and sexuality have become major […]

Saifa T. Hussain

Israel/ Palestine
First Israel made Gaza an Open Air Prison with high Unemployment; Now, Inflation is Hitting Hard

First Israel made Gaza an Open Air Prison with high Unemployment; Now, Inflation is Hitting Hard

By Ali Abo Rezeg | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The weary Gaza Strip has been languishing for more than 15 years under an […]

Middle East Monitor

Displaced and Refugees
Starving Civilians is an ancient military Tactic, but today it’s a War Crime in Ukraine, Yemen, Tigray and elsewhere

Starving Civilians is an ancient military Tactic, but today it’s a War Crime in Ukraine, Yemen, Tigray and elsewhere

By Tom Dannenbaum, Tufts University; Alex De Waal, Tufts University; and Daniel Maxwell, Tufts University | – A hideous contradiction is playing out in war-torn […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Climate Emergency: Iran's Abadan hits unprecedented 126° F., as Gov't Offices are forced to Close

Climate Emergency: Iran’s Abadan hits unprecedented 126° F., as Gov’t Offices are forced to Close

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran International reports that a temperature of 126 degrees F. (52.2C) has been recorded in Abadan. It is the highest […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Petition to Phase Out Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Pollution to Restore a Stable and Healthy Climate - James E. Hansen, Donn Viviani, et al.

Petition to Phase Out Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Pollution to Restore a Stable and Healthy Climate – James E. Hansen, Donn Viviani, et al.

Via Climate Restoration and Restoration Initiative BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Petition to Phase Out Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Pollution to Restore a Stable and Healthy […]

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Climate Crisis
The Ukraine War must Impel us to Switch to Green Energy, not Double Down on Fossil Fuels

The Ukraine War must Impel us to Switch to Green Energy, not Double Down on Fossil Fuels

By Burak Elmalı | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Russia-Ukraine War has lasted for four months and counting. It has raised various […]

Middle East Monitor

China
What Difference Does a War Make?   The Geopolitics of the New Cold War

What Difference Does a War Make? The Geopolitics of the New Cold War

( Tomdispatch.com ) – From his first days in office, Joe Biden and his national security advisers seemed determined to revive America’s fading global leadership […]

Alfred W. McCoy

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