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Trump Compares his Gaza Peace Plan to the Melania Movie, and he is Right
Donald Trump

Trump Compares his Gaza Peace Plan to the Melania Movie, and he is Right

Juan Cole

Trump’s Gaza plans have no concrete reality, consisting of a mere Potemkin Village: the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza are sleeping rough

Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine

Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine

02/20/2026 By Nicolas J. S. Davies

Working for a Nuclear-Free Future, or 85 Seconds to My Own Midnight?

Working for a Nuclear-Free Future, or 85 Seconds to My Own Midnight?

02/20/2026 By Frida Berrigan

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Israel/ Palestine
What will a rebuilt Gaza look like? The competing visions for the Strip’s future

What will a rebuilt Gaza look like? The competing visions for the Strip’s future

the Phoenix plan and the other Arab-led visions are at least a step forward.

The Conversation

Blackmail
The Epstein Files: Blackmail and the Tantalizing Israeli Connection

The Epstein Files: Blackmail and the Tantalizing Israeli Connection

DOJ’s investigators know the scale of the scandal, that this was not just about abuse, but leverage. Epstein collected secrets

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time

Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time

It is another clear piece of proof that humanity can get to carbon neutral by 2050 if it wants to.

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

Young workers, students, and children are poised to lose more than any other age group from the Trump

Liz Theoharis

Dissent
Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

Reporting on Iran comes with extraordinary personal and professional risks and obstacles

The Conversation

Featured
Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran

Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran

How the Ghost of Renee Nicole Good Haunts Trump’s Response to Iran’s Protests

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

Solar and wind adoption are experiencing the sharp upward trajectory that other successful new technologies, experienced

Yale Climate Connections

Iran
Iran regime: A Plato’s Republic thought experiment gone too far?

Iran regime: A Plato’s Republic thought experiment gone too far?

Turning to Plato’s Republic to show how Iran’s moral authority decayed into rule by force—laid bare during protests.

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Bill of Rights
American Reich:  Kristi Noem’s DHS is the Department of Homeland Subjugation

American Reich: Kristi Noem’s DHS is the Department of Homeland Subjugation

Deployed without proper training in conflict de-escalation, hese sadistic vigilantes throw flash-bangs and tear gas at peaceful protestors

Dan Dinello

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