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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

08/27/2025 By Juan Cole

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

08/27/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Mass Extinction
Human Activity is Threatening 1/3 of Tree Species with Extinction

Human Activity is Threatening 1/3 of Tree Species with Extinction

By Adrian Newton | One in three of the world’s tree species are at risk of becoming extinct, according to a recent report by the […]

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Afghanistan
China slams US Sanctions on Taliban, Eyes investments in Afghan Minerals

China slams US Sanctions on Taliban, Eyes investments in Afghan Minerals

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Laura Zhou at the South China Morning Post reports that Zhao Lijian, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, on Wednesday […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Forty-Two Years in Afghanistan: Can a New US Foreign Policy avoid Hyper-Masculinist Ego?

Forty-Two Years in Afghanistan: Can a New US Foreign Policy avoid Hyper-Masculinist Ego?

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – Every member of Congress attended the September 14, 2001 memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral for the […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
Does Israel want to end its forever wars in Gaza?

Does Israel want to end its forever wars in Gaza?

Daud Abdullah | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Israel is finally waking up to the stark reality that it can no longer continue with […]

Middle East Monitor

Christianity
Critical race theory is an important tool in better understanding how religion operates in America

Critical race theory is an important tool in better understanding how religion operates in America

By Tiffany Puett | – ( The Conversation) – The debate over critical race theory has played out in TV studios, school board meetings and […]

The Conversation

China
“We are on the way to a right-wing coup:"  Milley secured Nuclear Codes, Allayed China fears of Trump Strike

“We are on the way to a right-wing coup:” Milley secured Nuclear Codes, Allayed China fears of Trump Strike

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As a historian, I am fascinated by the practical appeals to history that appear throughout the story of Gen. Mark […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghanistan and Wars of Unintended Consequences

Afghanistan and Wars of Unintended Consequences

( Tomdispatch.com)- Disagreements over how to assess the American exodus from Afghanistan have kept the pundits busy these last weeks, even though there wasn’t much […]

Rajan Menon

Afghanistan
What does the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan mean for Israel?

What does the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan mean for Israel?

By Adnan Abu Amer | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Israelis are concerned about the shameful American withdrawal from Afghanistan and think that their […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Western fires are burning higher in the mountains and at unprecedented rates as we heat the climate

Western fires are burning higher in the mountains and at unprecedented rates as we heat the climate

By Mojtaba Sadegh, John Abatzoglou and Mohammad Reza Alizadeh | – The Western U.S. is experiencing another severe fire season, and a recent study shows […]

The Conversation

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