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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Climate Crisis
The Costs of (Another) War:  When We Could Be Fighting Climate Change

The Costs of (Another) War: When We Could Be Fighting Climate Change

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – What do a six-year-old in the United States and an 85-year-old in Russia have in common […]

Tomdispatch

Archaeology
How Israel’s Indiscriminate bombing of Gaza Endangers its Precious Hellenistic and Roman Archeological Heritage

How Israel’s Indiscriminate bombing of Gaza Endangers its Precious Hellenistic and Roman Archeological Heritage

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Palestinian Gaza Strip doesn’t stay on the world’s mind the way some besieged cities in Ukraine do right now, […]

Juan Cole

Bangladesh
Will the Climate Crisis Cause the Next Great Global Conflict?

Will the Climate Crisis Cause the Next Great Global Conflict?

Oslo (Special to Informed Comment) – In November 1970 the Great Bhola Cyclone smashed into the southern coast of what is now Bangladesh, killing 500,000 […]

Jason Miklian

Displaced and Refugees
We must turn solidarity with Ukraine into the new normal for all refugees

We must turn solidarity with Ukraine into the new normal for all refugees

By Nicolas Haeringer | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Since Russia started its war on Ukraine, we’ve seen a tremendous outpouring of solidarity with […]

Waging Nonviolence

Afghanistan
The Taliban is holding girls’ education hostage in Afghanistan – the question is, why?

The Taliban is holding girls’ education hostage in Afghanistan – the question is, why?

By Sippi Azarbaijani Moghaddam, University of St Andrews | – Afghan children and teenagers have not had much to look forward to since the Taliban […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Stanford U. Electricity now 100% Green, with Savings of $ .5 Billion; Why aren't more Universities in Forefront of Climate Battle?

Stanford U. Electricity now 100% Green, with Savings of $ .5 Billion; Why aren’t more Universities in Forefront of Climate Battle?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chelci Adami of the Stanford Report writes that Stanford University has transitioned to 100% renewable electricity. The Stanford Solar Generating […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The US Should Remember that Israel's Squatter-Settlements in Palestine are War Crimes

The US Should Remember that Israel’s Squatter-Settlements in Palestine are War Crimes

( Middle East Monitor ) – US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, engaged in further diplomatic contradictions, as he fluctuated between asserting the Biden administration’s […]

Ramona Wadi

Climate Crisis
In 20 years of studying how ecosystems absorb carbon, here’s why we’re worried about a tipping point of collapse

In 20 years of studying how ecosystems absorb carbon, here’s why we’re worried about a tipping point of collapse

By Caitlin Moore, David Campbell, Helen Cleugh, Jamie Cleverly, Jason Beringer, Lindsay Hutley, and Mark Grant | – From rainforests to savannas, ecosystems on land […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The Five Horsemen of Today’s Apocalypse

The Five Horsemen of Today’s Apocalypse

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Once upon a time, the tutelary gods of nationalism and internationalism met for a chat. They had a superb perch above […]

John Feffer

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