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When Politics Leaves Reality Behind
Conspiracy Theories

When Politics Leaves Reality Behind

Bahman Fozouni

Sacramento (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The traditional left–right political spectrum no longer captures the forces driving division in America today. That model works […]

The Obscenity of Collective Punishment in Gaza

The Obscenity of Collective Punishment in Gaza

05/10/2025 By John Feffer

Palestinian Literature: A Rich Literary Heritage from a Nation in Exile

Palestinian Literature: A Rich Literary Heritage from a Nation in Exile

05/10/2025 By The Conversation

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Climate Crisis
Hearkening Back to Ancient Glory, Greece opens Largest double-sided solar farm in Europe

Hearkening Back to Ancient Glory, Greece opens Largest double-sided solar farm in Europe

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Maeve Campbell at Euronews/ Reuters reports that Greece has brought online the continent’s largest double-sided solar facility, which will generate […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
The Richest Americans pay 3.4% in Federal Taxes, a rate 5 Times Less than most People

The Richest Americans pay 3.4% in Federal Taxes, a rate 5 Times Less than most People

By Paul Kiel, Ash Ngu, Jesse Eisinger and Jeff Ernsthausen | – ( ProPublica ) – Which people and professions rake in the most income […]

ProPublica

Climate Crisis
The Navajo Nation takes on the Climate Emergency

The Navajo Nation takes on the Climate Emergency

By Fiona L.Q. Flaherty | – (Cronkite News ) – PHOENIX – For many years, Tsegi Canyon on the Navajo Nation struggled: Its dry walls […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Feminism
Vladimir Putin, the Czar of macho Politics, is threatened by Gender and Sexuality Rights

Vladimir Putin, the Czar of macho Politics, is threatened by Gender and Sexuality Rights

By Valerie Sperling, Alexandra Novitskaya, Janet Elise Johnson, and Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom | – Vladimir Putin has mentioned “gender freedoms” more than once to justify […]

The Conversation

Featured
Is Joe Biden Right that the Russians are committing Genocide in Ukraine?

Is Joe Biden Right that the Russians are committing Genocide in Ukraine?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Kevin Liptak reports for CNN that on a visit to Iowa President Biden talked to reporters about Russian actions in […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Thawing permafrost is Massively reshaping the Arctic landscape,  as We heat up the Climate

Thawing permafrost is Massively reshaping the Arctic landscape, as We heat up the Climate

By Mark J. Lara, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | – Across the Arctic, strange things are happening to the landscape. Massive lakes, several square […]

The Conversation

Iraq War
From Mosul to Raqqa to Mariupol, Killing Civilians is a Crime no Matter Who Does it

From Mosul to Raqqa to Mariupol, Killing Civilians is a Crime no Matter Who Does it

( Code Pink ) – Americans have been shocked by the death and destruction of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, filling our screens with bombed buildings […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Cold War
I may have failed as a Tax Resister, but Corporate America is Hugely Successful at it

I may have failed as a Tax Resister, but Corporate America is Hugely Successful at it

( Tomdispatch.com) – Every April, as income-tax returns come due, I think about the day 30 years ago when I opened my rented mailbox and […]

Rebecca Gordon

Corruption
Why did the Saudis invest $2 bn with Jared Kushner?

Why did the Saudis invest $2 bn with Jared Kushner?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Sunday, David D. Kirkpatrick and Kate Kelly of the New York Times got a big scoop — they gained […]

Juan Cole

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