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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza
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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza

Dan Steinbock

Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator executing a biblical “decisive plan” of ethnic […]

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

09/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

09/18/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Top 5 Health Dangers of Climate Emergency that are far more Pressing than Covid Pandemic (-  230 Top Medical Journals)

Top 5 Health Dangers of Climate Emergency that are far more Pressing than Covid Pandemic (- 230 Top Medical Journals)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some 230 medical journals carried an editorial on Sunday, “Call for Emergency Action to Limit Global Temperature Increases, Restore Biodiversity, […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
Tax the ‘Trillion-Dollar Seven’

Tax the ‘Trillion-Dollar Seven’

By Bob Lord | – ( Otherwords.org ) – Democrats want to spend $3.5 trillion on jobs and infrastructure. A third of that could be […]

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Taliban seek China as Silk Road reconstruction Partner

Taliban seek China as Silk Road reconstruction Partner

Ali Hussein Bakir | – ( Middle East Monitor) – In an interview conducted recently with an Italian newspaper, the Taliban movement spokesperson, Zabiullah Mujahid, […]

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Climate Change
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 […]

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 […]

Clean Energy Wire

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

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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

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