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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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Afghanistan
What’s next for Afghanistan under Taliban Rule?

What’s next for Afghanistan under Taliban Rule?

By Kambaiz Rafi and Scott Lucas | – In late August 2021, the US completed its withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, ending a 20-year occupation. […]

The Conversation

Corporate Surveillance
We're all Palestinians Now:  Israel-backed NSO Spyware used against US State Department

We’re all Palestinians Now: Israel-backed NSO Spyware used against US State Department

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Reuters reports that at least nine US State Department officials had their smartphones hacked by Pegasus spyware, produced by the […]

Juan Cole

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 […]

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