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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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Ukraine War: Europe declares Independence of Russian Petroleum, Looks to Mass Transit, EVs to Achieve "Freedom" Goal

Ukraine War: Europe declares Independence of Russian Petroleum, Looks to Mass Transit, EVs to Achieve “Freedom” Goal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – France 24, with AFP, reports that the 27-member European Union succeeded on Monday in agreeing to a sixth round of […]

Juan Cole

Ireland
Sympathy for Colonized Ireland in the US Gov't Doesn't Extent to Colonized Palestine

Sympathy for Colonized Ireland in the US Gov’t Doesn’t Extent to Colonized Palestine

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) – A recent Congressional cross-party delegation visit to the UK and Ireland in order to save the Good Friday Agreement […]

Mohammed Samaana

Israel/ Palestine
Major Human Rights Groups Call for End of Impunity for Israeli Apartheid Policies in Palestinian Territories

Major Human Rights Groups Call for End of Impunity for Israeli Apartheid Policies in Palestinian Territories

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Ex-Al Jazeera Chief, Wadah Khanfar, has blasted Western mainstream media over its failure to […]

Middle East Monitor

Arms Sales
The lasting Consequences of School Shootings on the Students who Survive Them

The lasting Consequences of School Shootings on the Students who Survive Them

By Maya Rossin-Slater, Stanford University; Bokyung Kim, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts; Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University; Marika Cabral, The University […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Will Japan be the Godzilla of Deep Sea Current Energy?

Will Japan be the Godzilla of Deep Sea Current Energy?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – If you were going to try to generate electricity from a deep water ocean current, you’d like it to be […]

Juan Cole

National Security State
Supreme Court Expands Government Secrecy Powers in Torture-Related Case

Supreme Court Expands Government Secrecy Powers in Torture-Related Case

By Robert Pallitto | – (Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The U.S. government doesn’t want to acknowledge a Polish torture site that everyone knows […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Afghanistan
War as Terrorism:  Conflicts We Can’t Win, Suffering We Don’t See

War as Terrorism: Conflicts We Can’t Win, Suffering We Don’t See

( Tomdispatch.com) – Anyone who grew up in my generation of 1980s kids remembers G.I. Joe action figures — those green-uniformed plastic soldiers you could […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Jewish History
Shavuot: A Jewish holiday of renewing commitment to God

Shavuot: A Jewish holiday of renewing commitment to God

By Alan Avery-Peck, College of the Holy Cross | – The festival of Shavuot, marked this year on June 5 and 6, celebrates the biblical […]

The Conversation

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Shouting "Death to Arabs," Far Right Israeli Squatters Storm Palestinian Holy Sites, Towns and Schools

Shouting “Death to Arabs,” Far Right Israeli Squatters Storm Palestinian Holy Sites, Towns and Schools

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that hundreds of Israeli squatters on Palestinian land organized taunting processions “of the flag” […]

Juan Cole

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