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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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Muslim-Americans
Why Is Ali the Last American Hero? Who Else Is There?

Why Is Ali the Last American Hero? Who Else Is There?

By Robert Lipsyte | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – At least once a week, a stranger writing a book, magazine article, newspaper feature, or blog; […]

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Congress
“No Rights which the White Man was Bound to Respect” What SCOTUS once Ruled about a Black Woman, as Biden prepares to Nominate One

“No Rights which the White Man was Bound to Respect” What SCOTUS once Ruled about a Black Woman, as Biden prepares to Nominate One

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Associate Justice Stephen Breyer announced on Wednesday that he would retire this summer at the end of the present term […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Equal Opportunity Terrorism: Israeli Squatter Settlers attack Rabbis for Human Rights alongside Palestinians

Equal Opportunity Terrorism: Israeli Squatter Settlers attack Rabbis for Human Rights alongside Palestinians

By Ashraf Al-Ajrami | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Illegal settlers from the Givat Ronen settlement carried out a terrorist attack against Palestinian citizens […]

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censorship
Israeli Pegasus Spyware was used against Human Rights Watch Workers

Israeli Pegasus Spyware was used against Human Rights Watch Workers

Human Rights Watch – (New York) – The targeting of a Human Rights Watch staff member with Pegasus spyware underscores the urgent need to regulate […]

Human Rights Watch

Democratic Party
Joe Biden: a report card on the US president’s first year in office

Joe Biden: a report card on the US president’s first year in office

By Clodagh Harrington and Alex Waddan | – When Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th US president in January 2021, 51.3% of American […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
How Trump appeased Putin and Endangered Peace in Ukraine

How Trump appeased Putin and Endangered Peace in Ukraine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I don’t approve of all the loud saber-rattling in Washington on Russia. For reasons I’ll explain below, I nevertheless don’t […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Have Sinema and Manchin Tolled the death Knell of Free and Fair Elections for a Decade?

Have Sinema and Manchin Tolled the death Knell of Free and Fair Elections for a Decade?

Oakland, CA (Special to Informed Comment) – In this Brave New World of evolving lexicons, “gerrymandering,” a dirty word to begin with; has become a […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Agriculture
With fewer animals to spread their seeds, plants could have trouble adapting to climate change

With fewer animals to spread their seeds, plants could have trouble adapting to climate change

By Evan Fricke, Alejandro Ordonez, Haldre Rogers, and Jens-Christian Svenning | – Picture a mature, broad-branched tree like an oak, maple or fig. How does […]

The Conversation

Counter-Terrorism
The Pentagon We Don’t Think About: A New Perspective on the Department of Homeland Security

The Pentagon We Don’t Think About: A New Perspective on the Department of Homeland Security

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – A relative of mine, who works for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) compiling data on […]

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