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Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran
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Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran

Ali Abootalebi

Eau Clare, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On Friday, June 13th, Israel launched attacks on Iranian nuclear, military, and civilian targets, just days […]

US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice

US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice

07/02/2025 By Open Democracy

Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win

Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win

07/02/2025 By William D. Hartung

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Israel/ Palestine
Shireen Abu Akleh: A Quarter of a Century of Coverage ended with an Israeli Bullet to the Head

Shireen Abu Akleh: A Quarter of a Century of Coverage ended with an Israeli Bullet to the Head

( Middle East Monitor ) – She carried her belongings and went with the Press team into the field to begin the news coverage. She […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Climate Change isn’t just making Cyclones worse, it’s making the Floods they cause worse too

Climate Change isn’t just making Cyclones worse, it’s making the Floods they cause worse too

By Laurence Hawker, University of Bristol; Dann Mitchell, University of Bristol; and Natalie Lord, University of Bristol | – Super cyclones, known as hurricanes or […]

The Conversation

Anti-Vaccination
Pandemic Anti-Rights Syndrome

Pandemic Anti-Rights Syndrome

By Nina Burleigh | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Last month, not long after Florida federal judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled that the transportation mask […]

Tomdispatch

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Israeli Snipers Murder Prominent American Journalist in Cold Blood, attempt to Kill her Camera Crew, as US Press Equivocates

Israeli Snipers Murder Prominent American Journalist in Cold Blood, attempt to Kill her Camera Crew, as US Press Equivocates

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli snipers murdered prominent American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Wednesday in an attempt to prevent the veteran Al Jazeera […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza Marks Another Grim Anniversary: One Year Since Deadly Hostilities that Killed Scores of Civilians

Gaza Marks Another Grim Anniversary: One Year Since Deadly Hostilities that Killed Scores of Civilians

By Abier Almasri | Research Assistant, Middle East and North Africa Division | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – Friends abroad often ask how […]

Human Rights Watch

Bashar al-Assad
Was the Visit to Iran of Syria's al-Assad impelled by Fear of Russian Failure in Ukraine?

Was the Visit to Iran of Syria’s al-Assad impelled by Fear of Russian Failure in Ukraine?

By Gilbert Achkar | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The President of the Syrian regime, Bashar Al-Assad, paid a surprise visit to Tehran […]

Gilbert Achcar

Climate Crisis
The window of opportunity to address increasing Climate-Driven drought is vanishing

The window of opportunity to address increasing Climate-Driven drought is vanishing

By Margot Hurlbert, University of Regina | – Chile, Argentina and the American West are in the midst of a decade-long, megadrought — the driest […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Wind and Solar generate Fully 20% of US Electricity in April for First time as Renewables Jump to 26.5%

Wind and Solar generate Fully 20% of US Electricity in April for First time as Renewables Jump to 26.5%

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United States generates 6.5% of its electricity from dams, producing hydroelectricity, mainly in the West. Up until about a […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Women to the Rescue:  Review of “Hope but Demand Justice” by Pat Hynes

Women to the Rescue: Review of “Hope but Demand Justice” by Pat Hynes

A Review of “Hope, But Demand Justice” By Pat Hynes (Haley’s, 2022) — by Nick Mottern (Special to Informed Comment) – The basic conclusion that […]

Nick Mottern

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