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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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The Last Good Guys? Five Reasons Why Washington Can’t Break Its War Addiction

The Last Good Guys? Five Reasons Why Washington Can’t Break Its War Addiction

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Why has the United States already become so heavily invested in the Russia-Ukraine war? And why has it so regularly gotten […]

William J. Astore

Featured
US Double Standard: Russia Sanctioned for Ukraine Occupation, but 4,000 new Israeli invaders of Palestinian West Bank merely "Opposed"

US Double Standard: Russia Sanctioned for Ukraine Occupation, but 4,000 new Israeli invaders of Palestinian West Bank merely “Opposed”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Deputy Spokesperson for the State Department, Jalina Porter, on Friday condemned the Israeli government’s announcement that it would build […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Ukraine: Migrants Locked Up Near Front Lines: Free Migration Detainees; Allow Them to Leave Country for Safety

Ukraine: Migrants Locked Up Near Front Lines: Free Migration Detainees; Allow Them to Leave Country for Safety

Human Rights Watch – (Berlin) – Migrants and asylum seekers locked up in a migrant detention center in Mykolaiv on the edge of the front […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
What Remains of the U.S. Green New Deal?

What Remains of the U.S. Green New Deal?

By John Feffer | – In November 2018, the Green New Deal became a rallying cry for climate activists when members of the Sunrise Movement […]

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
Climate Change triggering global Collapse in Insect numbers: Stressed Farmland shows 63% Decline

Climate Change triggering global Collapse in Insect numbers: Stressed Farmland shows 63% Decline

By Tim Newbold, UCL and Charlie Outhwaite, UCL | – Insects are critical to the future of our planet. They help to keep pest species […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Could Europe Install a Terawatt of new "Freedom Solar" by 2030 to Escape Russian Gas?

Could Europe Install a Terawatt of new “Freedom Solar” by 2030 to Escape Russian Gas?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – John Ainger at Bloomsberg reports that a coalition within the European Union is pressing Brussels to set a goal of […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Nothing Is More Personal Than the Right to Control Your Own Body

Nothing Is More Personal Than the Right to Control Your Own Body

( Otherwords.org ) – The personal, as they say, is political. And there’s nothing more personal than the right to control your own body. So […]

Olivia Alperstein

History
Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape

Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape

By Ken Armstrong ( ProPublica ) – When U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in a draft opinion obtained and published this week by Politico, […]

ProPublica

Climate Crisis
Phasing out Oil can offer a better Life for Many

Phasing out Oil can offer a better Life for Many

By Jack Marley | – The EU could ban crude oil imports from Russia within six months if a new round of sanctions is approved. […]

The Conversation

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