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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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Israel/ Palestine
Did Palestinians help Bring down Israel's Netanyahu, who ensured their Statelessness?

Did Palestinians help Bring down Israel’s Netanyahu, who ensured their Statelessness?

( Middle East Monitor) – How has Benjamin Netanyahu managed to serve as Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister? With a total of 15 years in office, […]

Ramzy Baroud

Islam
Muslim family killed in truck terror attack: Islamophobic violence surfaces once again in North America

Muslim family killed in truck terror attack: Islamophobic violence surfaces once again in North America

By Jasmin Zine | – A Pakistani-Canadian family out on a stroll on a warm weekend evening was murdered in a horrific act of Islamophobic […]

The Conversation

Inequality
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

By Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel | – The Secret IRS Files ( ProPublica) – Inside the Tax Records of the .001% In […]

ProPublica

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Netanyahu's Poison Pill:  Militant Squatter-Settler March through Palestinian E Jerusalem set for Tuesday after New Israeli Gov't is Installed

Netanyahu’s Poison Pill: Militant Squatter-Settler March through Palestinian E Jerusalem set for Tuesday after New Israeli Gov’t is Installed

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – At the insistence of outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli cabinet authorized the so-called “Flag Day” march of […]

Juan Cole

Elections
With Little Hope for Change through the Ballot Box, Iranian Civil Society Debates Strategy

With Little Hope for Change through the Ballot Box, Iranian Civil Society Debates Strategy

By Tara Sepehri Far | Iran Researcher | – ( Human Rights Watch) – Twenty days before Iran’s presidential election, the Guardian Council, which vets […]

Human Rights Watch

Australia
Tasmania Reached 100% Net Carbon Zero; now it is going for 200%

Tasmania Reached 100% Net Carbon Zero; now it is going for 200%

By Rupert Posner and Simon Graham | – Getting to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and 100% renewable energy might seem the end game for climate […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Twilight of the Pandemic? Bracing for a Surge of Trumpism or . . .

Twilight of the Pandemic? Bracing for a Surge of Trumpism or . . .

(Tomdispatch.com ) – I went to a birthday party recently. The celebrants greeted each other with hugs on the patio. After an outdoor barbeque dinner, […]

John Feffer

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How the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood Saved Israeli Democracy from Netanyahu

How the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood Saved Israeli Democracy from Netanyahu

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mervat Oaf writes for al-Jazeera on how Mansour Abbas and his Muslim Brotherhood-inspired United Arab List became unlikely kingmakers in […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Jim Crow and "Lost Cause" 2.0: Trump's Big Lie and GOP Plot to Suppress the Vote

Jim Crow and “Lost Cause” 2.0: Trump’s Big Lie and GOP Plot to Suppress the Vote

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – Big Lie propaganda, that the 2020 election was stolen, rewrites history and fuels the current Republican war on democracy. […]

Dan Dinello

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