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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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The USAID that Elon Musk Never Knew

The USAID that Elon Musk Never Knew

( Tomdispatch.com ) – What put the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), with an annual budget hovering at just about 1% of federal spending, […]

Arnold R. Isaacs

Dissent
“The American Spring:”  Trump is increasingly Like Middle East Rulers who were Overthrown

“The American Spring:” Trump is increasingly Like Middle East Rulers who were Overthrown

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nationwide “Hands Off!” rallies were held in over 1,200 towns and cities, in every single state of the Union on […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Inside the Resurgence of Jewish-led Palestine Solidarity

Inside the Resurgence of Jewish-led Palestine Solidarity

Jewish Studies scholar Oren Kroll-Zeldin discusses his new book “Unsettled,” which documents the new generation of American Jews resisting Israeli violence. Shane Burley  ( Waging […]

Waging Nonviolence

racism
“Competition Racism,” spurred by Envy, is a Growing Threat to the World

“Competition Racism,” spurred by Envy, is a Growing Threat to the World

Translation of an interview with Ewoud Butter for the Dutch opinion website and monthly journal De Kanttekening, dated 12 March 2025 How did you get […]

Anne-Ruth Wertheim

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Israel Killed Both Parents: 17,000 Gaza Children are worst Orphan Crisis in Modern History

Israel Killed Both Parents: 17,000 Gaza Children are worst Orphan Crisis in Modern History

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The renewed total war against Palestinian civilians in Gaza waged by the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention: A chilling Signal in the Crackdown on Palestinian solidarity

Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention: A chilling Signal in the Crackdown on Palestinian solidarity

by Andrew S. Maier ( Middle East Monitor ) – The largest case in public discourse today revolves around Columbia University, where 22 students — […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Christian Zionism hasn’t always been a conservative evangelical Creed – Churches’ Views of Israel have evolved over Decades

Christian Zionism hasn’t always been a conservative evangelical Creed – Churches’ Views of Israel have evolved over Decades

By Shalom Goldman, Middlebury (The Conversation) – During confirmation hearings, Mike Huckabee, President Donald Trump’s nominee as ambassador to Israel, told senators that he would […]

The Conversation

Democracy
A Do-it-Yourself Kit for Defeating Trumpism: Because the Mainstream Politicians Won’t

A Do-it-Yourself Kit for Defeating Trumpism: Because the Mainstream Politicians Won’t

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The Republican Administration’s edicts – imposed by broligarchs President Trump and Elon Musk – are with us […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Donald Trump
Can Militarism in America be Ended?

Can Militarism in America be Ended?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – I read the news today, oh boy. About a lucky man named Elon Musk. But he lost out on one thing: […]

William J. Astore

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