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Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health
Donald Trump

Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health

Dan Dinello

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – With a Cabinet full of fascists, fools, drunks, and sycophants, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands out as a […]

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

09/08/2025 By Juan Cole

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

09/08/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Displaced and Refugees
Syria after Assad: Why many Syrian Refugees aren’t returning Home

Syria after Assad: Why many Syrian Refugees aren’t returning Home

By Charlotte Al-Khalili, University of Sussex and Melissa Gatter, University of Sussex (The Conversation) – When news of Bashar al-Assad’s downfall broke on December 8 […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Doublethink and the Struggle for Survival in the Gaza Genocide

Doublethink and the Struggle for Survival in the Gaza Genocide

( Middle East Monitor ) – In a genocidal war that has spiralled into a struggle for political survival, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition […]

Ramzy Baroud

Climate Crisis
Shamash! “Night Flight”

Shamash! “Night Flight”

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Juan Cole

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Top Seven Things People Get Wrong About the Ukraine-Russia War

Top Seven Things People Get Wrong About the Ukraine-Russia War

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As the Russo-Ukraine war drags into its third year, peace talks are finally underway in Jeddah, Saudi […]

Arnold Oliver

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Signalgate shows Trump bombing of Yemen just for Show, Ignores Dead Yemeni Children

Signalgate shows Trump bombing of Yemen just for Show, Ignores Dead Yemeni Children

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The high-level Trump administration Signal message thread on bombing Yemen on which someone on the staff of National Security Adviser […]

Juan Cole

Academic Freedom
Middle East Studies Assn, AAUP, and Knight Inst. file Lawsuit over Trump Arrests and Deportation for lawful Speech

Middle East Studies Assn, AAUP, and Knight Inst. file Lawsuit over Trump Arrests and Deportation for lawful Speech

Middle East Studies Association | – Policy has created “climate of fear and repression” on campuses around the country, groups say FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March […]

Middle East Studies Association

Authoritarianism
The “War on Terror” Comes Home in the Trump Era

The “War on Terror” Comes Home in the Trump Era

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Four years ago, I published Subtle Tools, a book on the erosion of American democratic norms in the face of what […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Dissent
Istanbul Mayor’s Arrest Sparks Türkiye’s Largest Protests in over a Decade

Istanbul Mayor’s Arrest Sparks Türkiye’s Largest Protests in over a Decade

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment) – Major protests over the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Mayor of Istanbul and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main political […]

Volkan Isbasaran

Boycotts
Trouble at Tesla and Protests against Trump’s Tariffs suggest consumer Boycotts are starting to Bite

Trouble at Tesla and Protests against Trump’s Tariffs suggest consumer Boycotts are starting to Bite

By Erin O’Brien, Griffith University and Justine Coneybeer, Griffith University (The Conversation) – When the United States starts a trade war with your country, how […]

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