Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – As missiles fly across West Asia, I recall my trip to Iran where, in 2016, I discovered a […]
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Syria’s New Government is already Oppressing Women, Posing a dire Threat to their Future
By Vrinda Narain, McGill University and Fatemeh Sadeghi, UCL (The Conversation) – As the international community celebrates the fall of another dictatorship following the collapse […]
Trumpocalypse: What Turbocharged Carbon Will Do to Our Children
I am reprinting my column this week from Tomdispatch.com . Check in over there for the essential introduction of the invaluable Tom Engelhardt. My name […]
The long-term Impact of Israel’s Gaza Genocide will only become Clear as the Toxic Dust Settles
by Dr Emma Keelan by Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne ( Middle East Monitor ) – As the toxic dust begins to settle, it is […]
The Far Right, the Tech Bro Oligarchy, and Zionism
Musk serves as Trump’s ideal dancing partner in the chaotic spectacle of the dismantlement of the last fragile remnants of public welfare, writes Yoav Litvin. […]
The Qur’an’s Celebration of Diverse Skin Colors: Forms of Equality in the Muslim Scripture
I am reprinting part of this essay that appeared in Renovatio, the literary magazine of a small Muslim liberal arts college — Zaytuna — in […]
Death shaded the Life of this Holocaust historian. The cancer Memoir he began in Hospital was a final ‘Act of Love’
By Tess Scholfield-Peters, University of Technology Sydney (The Conversation) – Mark Raphael Baker began writing his final book, A Season of Death, from his hospital […]
The Alarming Findings of AI Model that analysed Millions of Images of retreating Glaciers
By Tian Li, University of Bristol; Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol, and Konrad Heidler, Technical University of Munich (The Conversation) – The Arctic has warmed […]
Let us be Joyous about the Release of all Hostages, Israeli and Palestinian, in Gaza Peace Deal, including 21 Palestinian Children
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It is wonderful news that on Sunday and Monday Israeli and Palestinian hostages were released as part of the ceasefire […]
Tevet, Palindromes, and the Ceasefire in Gaza
( The Times of Israel ) – On the occasion of the ceasefire in Gaza, let’s reflect on the current Hebrew month of Tevet: This […]
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