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Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard
Abbasid Empire

Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Northeastern England fell to the Vikings in 865, and they held it for several decades. They not only had what […]

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

08/13/2025 By Human Rights Watch

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

08/13/2025 By Tomdispatch

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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. […]

The Conversation

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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 […]

Juan Cole

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 […]

The Conversation

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 […]

Asa Winstanley

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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