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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60
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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Sixty years ago, July 30, 1965, at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri, former […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám I

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám I

08/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

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A Powerful Turkish Drone Is Helping Ukraine Fight Russia. It’s Also Killing Civilians Across the Globe.

A Powerful Turkish Drone Is Helping Ukraine Fight Russia. It’s Also Killing Civilians Across the Globe.

By Umar Farooq | – ( ProPublica) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was in a tough spot last August when he paid a visit […]

ProPublica

Christians
How to Prevent an American Theocracy

How to Prevent an American Theocracy

By Mitchell Zimmerman | – ( Otherwords.org ) – Barely a month ago we lived in a world where all Americans had the right to […]

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Does the Future Belong to People Who Profit Off Our ‘Excessive Wealth Disorder’?

Does the Future Belong to People Who Profit Off Our ‘Excessive Wealth Disorder’?

( Inequality.org ) – If Dustin Hoffman should ever do a remake of The Graduate, the classic 1967 film that launched his famed cinematic career, […]

Sam Pizzigati

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In Saudi Arabia, Biden Plays Defense against Russia, China, Iran

In Saudi Arabia, Biden Plays Defense against Russia, China, Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Although President Joe Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia was ostensibly about petroleum and attempting to lower gasoline prices in the […]

Juan Cole

Arms Sales
Biden Should Not Renew Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

Biden Should Not Renew Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

By Michael Page | Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – President Biden is set to […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Climate Emergency Hits Europe with Massive Heat Wave, 1 year after Unprecedented Flooding

Climate Emergency Hits Europe with Massive Heat Wave, 1 year after Unprecedented Flooding

( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany must better prepare for the impacts of climate change, environment minister Steffi Lemke said, as a heat wave […]

Julian Wettengel

Arab World
Many Young People in Middle East, struggling to see Bright Future, want to Emigrate to West

Many Young People in Middle East, struggling to see Bright Future, want to Emigrate to West

By Georges Naufal, Texas A&M University | – The Middle East’s population is growing almost twice as fast as the world overall, and one-third of […]

The Conversation

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Palestinians Protest, hang Black Flags of Mourning over Biden's Bethlehem Visit, Accusing him of Sidelining their Political Rights

Palestinians Protest, hang Black Flags of Mourning over Biden’s Bethlehem Visit, Accusing him of Sidelining their Political Rights

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that widespread protests broke out on Thursday in the Israeli-Occupied Palestinian West Bank against […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
The Trump Mob:  Do the January 6 Hearings Set the Stage for a RICO Prosecution?

The Trump Mob: Do the January 6 Hearings Set the Stage for a RICO Prosecution?

The January 6 Committee hearings are the most compelling thing in American History since Watergate, and I’m so old I attended the hearing on two […]

H. Scott Prosterman

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