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We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown
Climate Crisis

We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Nuclear physicist Edward Teller predicted in 1959 that the risks of burning fossil fuels, by increasing carbon […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

08/07/2025 By Juan Cole

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

08/07/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

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Displaced and Refugees
Urgent UN Action needed on Yemen Atrocities to end "Pandemic of Impunity"

Urgent UN Action needed on Yemen Atrocities to end “Pandemic of Impunity”

Human rights Watch – (New York) – The United Nations General Assembly should act swiftly to establish an investigative mechanism to gather and preserve evidence […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
Even Israel's Labor Party President signals that the Occupation of Palestinians in Permanent

Even Israel’s Labor Party President signals that the Occupation of Palestinians in Permanent

By Ashraf Al-Ajrami | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog chose to celebrate the Jewish Hanukkah holiday — the “Festival of […]

Middle East Monitor

Environment
Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the US is the top source – a new report urges action

Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the US is the top source – a new report urges action

By Matthew Savoca, Anna Robuck, and Lauren Kashiwabara | – Plastic waste of all shapes and sizes permeates the world’s oceans. It shows up on […]

The Conversation

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As Iran Negotiates on Nuclear Deal, Americans Wrongly believe it has a Bomb -- and that Israel Doesn't!

As Iran Negotiates on Nuclear Deal, Americans Wrongly believe it has a Bomb — and that Israel Doesn’t!

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This week Iran returned to Vienna for negotiations with Germany and the four members of the UN Security Council still […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
How Greed is Prolonging the Pandemic - Unless the World is Vaccinated, Variants will Keep Emerging

How Greed is Prolonging the Pandemic – Unless the World is Vaccinated, Variants will Keep Emerging

( Otherwords.org) – Stop me if this sounds familiar. It’s been kind of a hard year, but I felt optimistic about the holidays. My wife […]

Peter Certo

China
Countdown to World War III with China?

Countdown to World War III with China?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – When the Department of Defense released its annual report on Chinese military strength in early November, one claim generated headlines around […]

Michael T. Klare

Feminism
How a Supreme Court decision limiting access to abortion will harm the economy and women’s well-being

How a Supreme Court decision limiting access to abortion will harm the economy and women’s well-being

By Michele Gilman | – The Supreme Court on Dec. 1, 2021, heard oral arguments in a case that may result in a ruling that […]

The Conversation

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Republicans reject Gov't Vaccine Mandates for Men, seek state Pregnancy Mandates on Women

Republicans reject Gov’t Vaccine Mandates for Men, seek state Pregnancy Mandates on Women

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Texas GOP delegation in Congress, led by Rep. Chip Roy and Sen. Ted Cruz, are threatening to shut down […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
After America:   The Russo-Turkish Tango in Afghanistan

After America: The Russo-Turkish Tango in Afghanistan

The Kremlin is making overtures to the new Taliban government in Afghanistan. On October 21, at a meeting of the Valdai Club, President Vladimir Putin […]

Nikola Mikovic

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