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We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown
Climate Crisis

We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Nuclear physicist Edward Teller predicted in 1959 that the risks of burning fossil fuels, by increasing carbon […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

08/07/2025 By Juan Cole

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

08/07/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

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Imperial Detritus: Henry Luce’s “American Century” Comes Undone

Imperial Detritus: Henry Luce’s “American Century” Comes Undone

( Tomdispatch.com ) – “The American Century Is Over.” So claims the July 2022 cover of Harper’s Magazine, adding an all-too-pertinent question: “What’s Next?” What, […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

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The Family of American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, killed by Israeli Sniper, Pleads for Meeting with Biden on Mideast Trip

The Family of American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, killed by Israeli Sniper, Pleads for Meeting with Biden on Mideast Trip

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The family of slain American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is asking for a meeting with President Joe Biden during his […]

Juan Cole

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Biden once wanted to make Saudi Arabia a ‘pariah’ – so why is he playing nice with the kingdom’s repressive rulers now?

Biden once wanted to make Saudi Arabia a ‘pariah’ – so why is he playing nice with the kingdom’s repressive rulers now?

By Jeffrey Fields, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences | – (The Conversation) – Even before setting foot in the Middle East for […]

The Conversation

Feminism
Iran Moves To Tighten Abortion Restrictions

Iran Moves To Tighten Abortion Restrictions

By Golnaz Esfandiari | – ( RFE/RL ) – Maryam ended her pregnancy two years ago using abortion pills. Her husband supported her. The couple […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Dissent
‘Waste no more time’ — a teacher’s call to act on gun violence

‘Waste no more time’ — a teacher’s call to act on gun violence

By Michael Nagler and Francesca Po | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – Given the almost inconceivable tragedy that has been visited on our schools — […]

Waging Nonviolence

Drones
Why Iran's Provision of Drones to Russia for Ukraine War is a Diplomatic Failure of the Biden Administration

Why Iran’s Provision of Drones to Russia for Ukraine War is a Diplomatic Failure of the Biden Administration

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Biden’s National Security Advisor on Monday spoke of the goals of the president’s trip, which begins today, Tuesday, to […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians are Uniting, caught between Alliance of Authoritarian States and Western Indifference

Palestinians are Uniting, caught between Alliance of Authoritarian States and Western Indifference

By Tareq Baconi | – ( Al-Shabaka ) – Over the course of the past decade, a new regional architecture has come into focus in […]

Al-Shabaka

Bashar al-Assad
Lebanon's Plan to Deport 15K Syrian Refugees per month back to Syria Is Unsafe and Unlawful

Lebanon’s Plan to Deport 15K Syrian Refugees per month back to Syria Is Unsafe and Unlawful

By Lama Fakih, Director, Middle East and North Africa Division | – Human Rights Watch – Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of the Displaced Issam Charafeddine announced […]

Human Rights Watch

Far Right
Militant white identity politics on full display in GOP political ads featuring high-powered weapons

Militant white identity politics on full display in GOP political ads featuring high-powered weapons

By Ryan Neville-Shepard, University of Arkansas and Casey Ryan Kelly, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | – (The Conversation) – Republican Eric Greitens, a candidate for Missouri’s […]

The Conversation

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