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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True
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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True

Juan Cole

A revised version of an essay from a long time ago. It didn’t need much revision. Belief: Iran is aggressive and has threatened to attack […]

Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

06/21/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

06/21/2025 By The Conversation

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Hurricane Ida shows the increasing impact of climate crisis since Katrina

Hurricane Ida shows the increasing impact of climate crisis since Katrina

By Jack L. Rozdilsky | – Sixteen years to the day that Hurricane Katrina made landfall, Hurricane Ida struck at Port Fourchon, La., on Aug. […]

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On Labor Day, Poverty for Workers has fallen from 12.8% to 8.5%

On Labor Day, Poverty for Workers has fallen from 12.8% to 8.5%

Revised. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This Labor Day, American workers finally have something have to celebrate, by virtue of having voted for a Democratic […]

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African-Americans
The Labor Day Dreams of Black Workers

The Labor Day Dreams of Black Workers

By Marc Bayard, Sarah Anderson and Rebekah Entralgo | – As our second pandemic Labor Day approaches, Black worker leaders are determined to never again […]

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Climate Crisis
Germans are most worried about Climate Emergency among 28 Countries Surveyed

Germans are most worried about Climate Emergency among 28 Countries Surveyed

By Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany is currently the country most concerned about climate change out of the 28 […]

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astronomy and outer space
Islam’s deep traditions of art and science have had a global influence

Islam’s deep traditions of art and science have had a global influence

By Kalpana Jain | – For people who would like to learn more about Islam, The Conversation is publishing a series of articles, available on […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
UN: Climate-Driven Extreme Weather Disasters since 1970 increased 5-Fold, costing Trillions

UN: Climate-Driven Extreme Weather Disasters since 1970 increased 5-Fold, costing Trillions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction have issued a report finding that in […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Facing Hostility from most of World's 1.8 bn Muslims, Al-Qaida, Islamic State group find few recruits

Facing Hostility from most of World’s 1.8 bn Muslims, Al-Qaida, Islamic State group find few recruits

By Charles Kurzman | – Al-Qaida was planning two sets of terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001. On Sept. 11, 2021, as Americans […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Soldiers have Killed 73 Palestinian Children this Year: When will the Siege of Civilians in Gaza End?

Israeli Soldiers have Killed 73 Palestinian Children this Year: When will the Siege of Civilians in Gaza End?

( Middle East Monitor) – So much for the Israeli army supposedly wanting to “reduce” the number of Palestinians it shoots. An Israeli soldier shot […]

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Human Rights
Now Close Gitmo, Too

Now Close Gitmo, Too

By Farrah Hassen | – ( Otherwords.org ) – I was a college student on 9/11. The ensuing “War on Terror,” anchored by the bombing […]

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