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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60
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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Sixty years ago, July 30, 1965, at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri, former […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám I

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám I

08/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

08/06/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Human Rights
Syrian Government, the World's Great Torturer, outlaws Torture: If it is a Joke, it isn't Funny

Syrian Government, the World’s Great Torturer, outlaws Torture: If it is a Joke, it isn’t Funny

By Sara Kayyali | Syria Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division | ( Human Rights Watch ) – This is not an April Fools’ […]

Human Rights Watch

Apartheid
The latest UN report blasts Israeli apartheid re: Palestinians, Demands Countries Take Action

The latest UN report blasts Israeli apartheid re: Palestinians, Demands Countries Take Action

( Middle East Monitor ) – UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk has issued one of his strongest condemnations yet of Israeli apartheid in a report […]

Ramona Wadi

Islam
What is Ramadan and why does it require Muslims to fast?

What is Ramadan and why does it require Muslims to fast?

Mehmet Ozalp, Charles Sturt University | – Intermittent fasting is now becoming popular, with many promised health benefits. But Muslims have been practising fasting in […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Even Oil-Rich UAE admits its Green Energy saved it nearly $200 billion, as it builds World's Largest Solar Farm

Even Oil-Rich UAE admits its Green Energy saved it nearly $200 billion, as it builds World’s Largest Solar Farm

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even the energy minister of the United Arab Emirates, the world’s eighth largest oil producer, has admitted that the steps […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Why Gaza's next Crisis might be Worse than Anything We have ever seen

Why Gaza’s next Crisis might be Worse than Anything We have ever seen

( Middle East Monitor ) – “The water is back,” one family member would announce in a mix of excitement and panic, often very late […]

Ramzy Baroud

Afghanistan
Afghan evacuees lack a clear path for resettlement in the U.S., 7 months after Taliban takeover

Afghan evacuees lack a clear path for resettlement in the U.S., 7 months after Taliban takeover

By Tazreena Sajjad, American University School of International Service | – Russia’s war against Ukraine has resulted in more than 4 million Ukrainian refugees fleeing […]

The Conversation

Petroleum
How Not to Cope with Vladimir Putin by Drilling and Pumping

How Not to Cope with Vladimir Putin by Drilling and Pumping

By Stan Cox | – ( Tomdispatch.com)- While the Ukrainian people bear the lethal brunt of Russia’s invasion, shockwaves from that war threaten to worsen […]

Tomdispatch

Arab World
Climate Crisis: Middle East is Heating up Twice as Fast as Global Average

Climate Crisis: Middle East is Heating up Twice as Fast as Global Average

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Christoph Duenwald et al. at the International Monetary Fund have a new report out that finds that temperatures in the […]

Juan Cole

Environmentalism
Microplastics can enter our bloodstream, scientists find

Microplastics can enter our bloodstream, scientists find

By Daniel T Cross” ( Sustainability Times) – Microplastics have permeated the environment from mountain tops to the seafloor and are posing a threat to […]

Sustainability Times

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