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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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Iran
Foes of a new Nuclear Agreement Demonize Tehran, but what is Iranian Society really Like Today?

Foes of a new Nuclear Agreement Demonize Tehran, but what is Iranian Society really Like Today?

Eau Claire, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment) – The nature and the parameters of power relations in the state-society relations in Iran since the 1978-79 […]

Ali Abootalebi

Israel
How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict is Lose-Lose for Israel

How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict is Lose-Lose for Israel

By Adnan Abu Amer | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – It is almost 3,000 kilometres from Tel Aviv to Kyiv, and yet the […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Conflict with Russia is Raising your Gasoline Bill; an Electric Car is the Answer

Conflict with Russia is Raising your Gasoline Bill; an Electric Car is the Answer

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Reporters pressed White House spokesperson Jen Psaki on Wednesday about the likelihood that any Russian military engagement in Ukraine will […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
U.S. Sanctions on Afghanistan Could Be Deadlier Than 20 Years of War

U.S. Sanctions on Afghanistan Could Be Deadlier Than 20 Years of War

By Mark Weisbrot | – (Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Originally published in Inside Sources. Economic sanctions have, in recent years, become one of […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Feminism
Texas’ Abortion Restrictions most Harm Low-Income Patients, Advocates Say

Texas’ Abortion Restrictions most Harm Low-Income Patients, Advocates Say

By Natasha Yee | – ( Cronkite News ) – PHOENIX – Esmarie stared down at two solid pink lines on the test strip in […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Iran
Iran nuclear deal: to reset relations with Tehran, Biden must overcome a long legacy of mistrust at home

Iran nuclear deal: to reset relations with Tehran, Biden must overcome a long legacy of mistrust at home

By Andrew Payne and Louise Fawcett | – As officials from Washington and Tehran return to Vienna for talks that aim to revive the 2015 […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
“Niagara Falls becoming Horizontal:” NOAA warns of nearly 1 foot Sea Level Rise in 30 years, “Common” High Tide Floods

“Niagara Falls becoming Horizontal:” NOAA warns of nearly 1 foot Sea Level Rise in 30 years, “Common” High Tide Floods

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The sea level along the US coastline in the lower 48 will rise as much in just the next 30 […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Jared Kushner's Sham "Abraham Accords" unleashed more ME Conflict, and don't Deserve a Nobel

Jared Kushner’s Sham “Abraham Accords” unleashed more ME Conflict, and don’t Deserve a Nobel

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – Jared Kushner’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, for authoring the Abraham Accords (along with his deputy Avi […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Coal
How poisonous mercury gets from coal-fired power plants into the fish you eat

How poisonous mercury gets from coal-fired power plants into the fish you eat

By Gabriel Filippelli | – People fishing along the banks of the White River as it winds through Indianapolis sometimes pass by ominous signs warning […]

The Conversation

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