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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*
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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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Afghanistan and 9/11: Finished or Unfinished Business? MIT Starr Forum with B. Posen, Juan Cole, V. Felbab-Brown, C. Saivetz (Video)

Afghanistan and 9/11: Finished or Unfinished Business? MIT Starr Forum with B. Posen, Juan Cole, V. Felbab-Brown, C. Saivetz (Video)

MIT Center for International Studies: “Starr Forum: US, Afghanistan, 9/11: Finished or Unfinished Business?” Chair: Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science, MIT. He […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
As Banks threaten to Collapse and Aid Dwindles, 93% of Afghans already don't get Sufficient Food

As Banks threaten to Collapse and Aid Dwindles, 93% of Afghans already don’t get Sufficient Food

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – UN World Food Program surveys in August and September, Al Jazeera reports, found that 93 percent of Afghans already are […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Why the Hazara Minority of Afghanistan is now Imperiled

Why the Hazara Minority of Afghanistan is now Imperiled

By Iqbal Akhtar | – The land we now call Afghanistan has been a place of constant migration through its mountainous passes. Its linguistic, cultural […]

The Conversation

Human Rights
Turkey must release Political Prisoners:  European Court of Human Rights

Turkey must release Political Prisoners: European Court of Human Rights

Human Rights Watch (Istanbul) – The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers should trigger infringement proceedings against Turkey at its September 14-16, 2021 meeting for […]

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights
Hacked Videos Force The Unthinkable In Iran: Official Admission Of Abuses At Evin Prison

Hacked Videos Force The Unthinkable In Iran: Official Admission Of Abuses At Evin Prison

( RFE/RL ) – Former inmates, their families, and human rights activists have long complained of mistreatment and torture at Evin prison, a notorious facility […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

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No, Saudi Arabia wasn't behind the 9/11 Attacks; That is a conspiracy Theory

No, Saudi Arabia wasn’t behind the 9/11 Attacks; That is a conspiracy Theory

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The FBI released documents from its investigation of ties of personnel at the Saudi embassy in Washington, D.C., to al-Qaeda. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Zombie Wars v. Climate Cooperation

Zombie Wars v. Climate Cooperation

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – New York’s new governor, Kathy Hochul – forced to deal with every political leader’s nightmare, a weather […]

John Buell

Islamophobia
9/11: how politicians and the media turned terrorism into an Islamic issue

9/11: how politicians and the media turned terrorism into an Islamic issue

By Jared Ahmad | – As we mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, it is important to reflect on the legacy that […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
The Winner in Afghanistan: China

The Winner in Afghanistan: China

( Tomdispatch.com) – The collapse of the American project in Afghanistan may fade fast from the news here, but don’t be fooled. It couldn’t be […]

Alfred W. McCoy

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