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

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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Genocide
Biden never pressured Israel for Ceasefire, as Israeli Officials boast of exploiting US Support

Biden never pressured Israel for Ceasefire, as Israeli Officials boast of exploiting US Support

  by Nasim Ahmed ( Middle East Monitor ) – The administration of former US President, Joe Biden, knowingly allowed Israel’s genocide in Gaza to […]

Middle East Monitor

Bill of Rights
“I Am Not Afraid of You,” Freed Mohsen Mahdawi Tells Donald Trump

“I Am Not Afraid of You,” Freed Mohsen Mahdawi Tells Donald Trump

The court’s order for the release of the detained student protest leader, said one lawyer, “is a victory for all people in this country invested […]

Common Dreams

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Int’l Court of Justice asked to Declare Israeli Blockade of Aid to Gaza Civilians Illegal

Int’l Court of Justice asked to Declare Israeli Blockade of Aid to Gaza Civilians Illegal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Court of Justice on Tuesday heard arguments that Israel is illegally interfering in the provision of aid to […]

Juan Cole

Academic Freedom
Protesting Notre Dame’s Cancellation of a Palestine Keynote

Protesting Notre Dame’s Cancellation of a Palestine Keynote

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Letter to the University of Notre Dame expressing concern over the cancellation of a […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Donald Trump
How News Corps lost the Plot on Covering Trump

How News Corps lost the Plot on Covering Trump

By Nan Levinson It’s not a good time to be an American journalist. Or a consumer of American journalism. Or, for that matter, even a […]

Tomdispatch

Donald Trump
The Evils of MAGA’s “Moral Distance” — What we Can Learn from Iraq and Sweden

The Evils of MAGA’s “Moral Distance” — What we Can Learn from Iraq and Sweden

(Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Sahar first told me about moral distance one May morning on a beach in Cadiz. Born in Baghdad, Sahar […]

Alex Poppe

Iran
Iran Accuses Israel’s Netanyahu Of Trying To Derail Nuclear Talks

Iran Accuses Israel’s Netanyahu Of Trying To Derail Nuclear Talks

By RFE/RL (RFE/ RL ) – Iran’s top diplomat has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to dictate US policy toward Iran after […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Donald Trump
Condemning the Trump Administration’s Terrorizing Students with Unlawful Visa Cancellations

Condemning the Trump Administration’s Terrorizing Students with Unlawful Visa Cancellations

Middle East Studies Association Board | – The MESA Board of Directors and the MESA Task Force on Civil and Human Rights call on all […]

Middle East Studies Association

Biodiversity
The Serviceberry:  Native American Ecology and the End of Carbon Capitalism

The Serviceberry: Native American Ecology and the End of Carbon Capitalism

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – No one wrote more powerfully about humans’ poisoning the Earth and its consequences than biologist Rachel Carson–with […]

H. Patricia Hynes

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