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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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Climate Emergency hits Mideast as Massive Wildfires In Turkey destroy livelihoods

Climate Emergency hits Mideast as Massive Wildfires In Turkey destroy livelihoods

By Doga Celik and Arzu Geybullayeva | – ( GlobalVoices.org) – Since July 28, a total of 125 forest fires have raged through 21 provinces […]

Global Voices

Debt
Only $3 Bn. of Federal $46 Bn rental assistance dollars reach renters, as eviction moratorium ends

Only $3 Bn. of Federal $46 Bn rental assistance dollars reach renters, as eviction moratorium ends

By Brooke Newman | – ( Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – The federal government’s COVID-19 moratorium on renter evictions ended Saturday, leaving thousands of Arizona […]

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Top Four ways extreme heat hurts the economy

Top Four ways extreme heat hurts the economy

By Derek Lemoine | – Summer 2021 will likely be one of the hottest on record as dozens of cities in the West experience all-time […]

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Palestinian Christians welcome U.S. United Church of Christ affirmation of right to Boycott Israel for Occupation of Palestinian Territories

Palestinian Christians welcome U.S. United Church of Christ affirmation of right to Boycott Israel for Occupation of Palestinian Territories

Palestinians UCC BDS Occupation Israel

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Violations of Palestinian Workers’ Rights: COVID-19 and Systemic Abuse

Israel’s Violations of Palestinian Workers’ Rights: COVID-19 and Systemic Abuse

By Ihab Maharmeh | – ( Al-Shabakah) – The Israeli regime has been systematically violating the rights of Palestinian workers in Israel and its illegal […]

Al-Shabaka

Iran
Discussions of Iran's Nuclear Enrichment ignore Israel's Atom Bomb Arsenal: What if Iran's Program is a Deterrent to War?

Discussions of Iran’s Nuclear Enrichment ignore Israel’s Atom Bomb Arsenal: What if Iran’s Program is a Deterrent to War?

Mt. Berry, Ga. (Special to Informed Comment) – According to the latest news coverage, Iran-U.S. negotiations to revive the 2015 JCPOA are in trouble. The […]

John Hickman

African-Americans
In the Wake of "Black Lives Matter," does the the 1919 Chicago Race Riot Take on Special Significance?

In the Wake of “Black Lives Matter,” does the the 1919 Chicago Race Riot Take on Special Significance?

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – This week marks another infamous anniversary in US history: the Chicago race riot of 1919. It started when white […]

Michael Slager

Children
As Florida's cases Spike to Unprecedented 21,683, Ron "Satan" DeSantis wants to Kill your Kids

As Florida’s cases Spike to Unprecedented 21,683, Ron “Satan” DeSantis wants to Kill your Kids

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Jeffrey S. Solocheck at the Miami Herald reports that Florida governor Ron DeSantis on Friday issued a royal decree forbidding […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
We Can Have the Filibuster or Democracy, But Not Both

We Can Have the Filibuster or Democracy, But Not Both

By Peter Certo | ( Otherwords.org) – The American political system is complicated, but fixing it doesn’t have to be. Voters of all stripes broadly […]

Peter Certo

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