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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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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

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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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How Trump’s Historically High Tariffs will Hurt the US Economy

How Trump’s Historically High Tariffs will Hurt the US Economy

ByBedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota Duluth (The Conversation) – President Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping new tariff plan on April 2, 2025, to reshape U.S. […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump’s Lawless Deportation Machine Disappears Immigrants into Blacksite Hellhole

Trump’s Lawless Deportation Machine Disappears Immigrants into Blacksite Hellhole

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Trump kidnapped hundreds of Venezuelan men on March 15, spiriting them away to a black site hellhole outside […]

Dan Dinello

Donald Trump
Trump’s Mega-Tariffs will Concentrate Wealth even More

Trump’s Mega-Tariffs will Concentrate Wealth even More

Import taxes will be passed onto the consumer, while the rich will prosper from slashed taxes. by Omar Ocampo | – ( Inequality.org ) – […]

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Israel/ Palestine
In Israel, calls for Genocide have migrated from the Margins to the Mainstream

In Israel, calls for Genocide have migrated from the Margins to the Mainstream

By Tamir Sorek, Penn State Thirty years ago in Israel, advocating for genocide could land you in prison. In April 1994, an Israeli rabbi named […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Women and Workers voting in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race defeat the Richest Man in the World

Women and Workers voting in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race defeat the Richest Man in the World

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The richest person in the world couldn’t buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, which was won by liberal Susan Crawford, […]

Juan Cole

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Global Heating of more than 3°C this Century may wipe 40% off the world’s Economy

Global Heating of more than 3°C this Century may wipe 40% off the world’s Economy

By Timothy Neal, UNSW Sydney (The Conversation) – The damage climate change will inflict on the world’s economy is likely to have been massively underestimated, […]

The Conversation

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