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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line
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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Braga, Portugal and and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the final days of Israel’s eleven-day war with Iran, the targeted […]

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

06/28/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

06/28/2025 By The Conversation

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New Wind and Solar up 50% globally in 2020, as China beats US by over 4 to 1

New Wind and Solar up 50% globally in 2020, as China beats US by over 4 to 1

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The new report on 2020 by the International Renewable Energy Agency reveals that the world’s renewable energy generation capacity increased […]

Juan Cole

Guns
Are mass shootings an American epidemic?

Are mass shootings an American epidemic?

By Lacey Wallace | – The U.S. has suffered yet another mass shooting, with a deadly attack in a FedEx facility in Indianapolis. This was […]

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How Persistent Student Organizing Forced the University of Michigan to Divest from Fossil Fuels

How Persistent Student Organizing Forced the University of Michigan to Divest from Fossil Fuels

By Jonathan Morris | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Last month, the University of Michigan became the latest to accept the obvious — that […]

Waging Nonviolence

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Social Media and the Spread of Global Hate

Social Media and the Spread of Global Hate

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter helped right-wing populists take power. Can they now help rein them […]

John Feffer

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Science also Wants Jim Jordan to Shut his Mouth-- it isn't Just Rep. Maxine Waters

Science also Wants Jim Jordan to Shut his Mouth– it isn’t Just Rep. Maxine Waters

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ohio Republican congressman Jim Jordan chomped on to Dr. Anthony Fauci on Thursday like a rabid dog and spewed foam […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Snipers Left hundreds of Palestinian Youth Protesters Maimed:  The Charity that is Helping Gaza Amputees

Israeli Snipers Left hundreds of Palestinian Youth Protesters Maimed: The Charity that is Helping Gaza Amputees

By Anjuman Rahman | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip have been wounded during […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
As the US plans its Afghan troop withdrawal, what was it all for?

As the US plans its Afghan troop withdrawal, what was it all for?

By Jared Mondschein | – Unlike most US presidents, Joe Biden did not come to the White House with many fixed ideological positions. He did, […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
Making Sense of a Viral Military:  The Pentagon’s Flawed Response to the Pandemic

Making Sense of a Viral Military: The Pentagon’s Flawed Response to the Pandemic

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Herd immunity? Don’t count on it. Not if that “herd” is the U.S. military. According to news […]

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What will be the Mideast Crises facing Biden in the Coming Year?  US Intelligence Threat Assessment

What will be the Mideast Crises facing Biden in the Coming Year? US Intelligence Threat Assessment

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community is out. It has a Middle East section and a report […]

Juan Cole

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