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Trump’s Immigrant Gulags:  A Bonanza For Private Prison Corporations
Donald Trump

Trump’s Immigrant Gulags: A Bonanza For Private Prison Corporations

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When it comes to for-profit, private corporate incarceration of immigrants, making lots of money is like drinking […]

“The Bird is on the Wing”: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:7

“The Bird is on the Wing”: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:7

08/30/2025 By Juan Cole

The price of genocide: How US Funding sustains an unraveling Israeli Economy

The price of genocide: How US Funding sustains an unraveling Israeli Economy

08/30/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Macron: France to Recognize the State of Palestine amid Gaza “Crime”

Macron: France to Recognize the State of Palestine amid Gaza “Crime”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – French President Emmanuel Macron visited El Arish in Egypt on Tuesday to see refugees from Gaza with his own eyes. […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran and US to enter high-stakes Nuclear  Negotiations – hampered by a lack of Trust

Iran and US to enter high-stakes Nuclear Negotiations – hampered by a lack of Trust

ByAli Bilgic, Loughborough University (The Conversation) – The announcement of planned talks between the US and Iran in Oman signifies a crucial development – especially […]

The Conversation

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Despite Proven Fraud, Trump to Boost Payments to Privatized Medicare Advantage by $25 Billion

Despite Proven Fraud, Trump to Boost Payments to Privatized Medicare Advantage by $25 Billion

“Privatized Medicare plans are denying patients the care they need, while defrauding the government of billions a year,” said one advocacy group. “Donald Trump is […]

Common Dreams

Climate Crisis
Wet Bulb Dead Zones could make Parts of Middle East, Pakistan, Uninhabitable — Even at Night

Wet Bulb Dead Zones could make Parts of Middle East, Pakistan, Uninhabitable — Even at Night

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last fall, NASA scientist Colin Raymond and colleagues published an article showing that contrary to expectations, deadly heat and humidity […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
The Six-Times Bankrupt Trump Turns to Bankrupting America

The Six-Times Bankrupt Trump Turns to Bankrupting America

( Tomdispatch.com ) – From childhood, I think I had some eerie sense of just how bad it could get in America. After all, in junior […]

Tom Engelhardt

Academic Freedom
Protesting Yale’s Firing of Helyeh Doutagh based on Questionable Israeli AI-generated Charges

Protesting Yale’s Firing of Helyeh Doutagh based on Questionable Israeli AI-generated Charges

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Susan Sawyer Senior Associate General Counsel Yale University susan.sawyer@yale.edu Dear Ms. Sawyer: We write […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Solar Power doubling every 3 Years; 41% of world Electricity now Low-Carbon

Solar Power doubling every 3 Years; 41% of world Electricity now Low-Carbon

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It may be that Trump can slow the advance of renewables, including solar energy, in the United States. That would […]

Juan Cole

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Iran must Unconditionally Release Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi

Iran must Unconditionally Release Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi

Release All other Arbitrarily Detained Rights Activists Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Iranian authorities are threatening to return the human rights defender and Nobel […]

Human Rights Watch

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With US Bombers at the ready, can Trump cut a Deal with Iran and avoid a War?

With US Bombers at the ready, can Trump cut a Deal with Iran and avoid a War?

By Amin Saikal, Victoria University (The Conversation) – The United States and Iran are once again on a collision course over the Iranian nuclear program. […]

The Conversation

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