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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60
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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Sixty years ago, July 30, 1965, at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri, former […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám I

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám I

08/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

08/06/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Palestine Through the Lens: A Visual Chronicle of a Vibrant Society (1898-1946)

Palestine Through the Lens: A Visual Chronicle of a Vibrant Society (1898-1946)

Book Author(s): G. Eric and Edith Matson Published Date: 2023 Publisher: Karama Paperback: 215 pages ISBN-13: 9798885892421 by Jamal Kanj ( Middle East Monitor ) […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Efficiency − or Empire? How Elon Musk’s hostile Takeover could end Government as we know it

Efficiency − or Empire? How Elon Musk’s hostile Takeover could end Government as we know it

By Allison Stanger, Middlebury (The Conversation) – Elon Musk’s role as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, is on […]

The Conversation

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The Slow Suicide of the State of Israel

The Slow Suicide of the State of Israel

Bloomington, In. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A dozen years ago I visited Israel on a two-week trip as a guest of an American […]

John Walbridge

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: We Analyzed a Year of Satellite Images to Map the Scale of Agricultural Destruction

Gaza: We Analyzed a Year of Satellite Images to Map the Scale of Agricultural Destruction

By Lina Eklund, Lund University; He Yin, Kent State University , and Jamon Van Den Hoek, Oregon State University (The Conversation) – The ceasefire agreed […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
The art of the Steal: Lawless sheriff Trump goes Rogue in Gaza

The art of the Steal: Lawless sheriff Trump goes Rogue in Gaza

Trump’s plan to turn Gaza into a resort tests public tolerance for illegal and immoral actions, part of a wider pattern of US imperialism, says […]

Yoav Litvin

China
China dominates Middle East Solar Sector as Trump hobbles Renewables in US

China dominates Middle East Solar Sector as Trump hobbles Renewables in US

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chinese firms dominate the manufacture of photovoltaic solar panels, accounting for 80% of the global market (along with most elements […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump’s offshore Wind Energy Freeze: What States lose if the Executive Order remains in Place

Trump’s offshore Wind Energy Freeze: What States lose if the Executive Order remains in Place

By Barbara Kates-Garnick, Tufts University (The Conversation) – A single wind turbine spinning off the U.S. Northeast coast today can power thousands of homes – […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Facing the Rise of Fascism Like Fools for Freedom

Facing the Rise of Fascism Like Fools for Freedom

( Tomdispatch.com ) – This past weekend my partner and I got together with a group of friends. We’ve been meeting every six weeks or […]

Rebecca Gordon

Cold War
Trump, an American Stalin?  Massive Population Transfers were a Feature of Communist Dictatorship

Trump, an American Stalin? Massive Population Transfers were a Feature of Communist Dictatorship

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s proposal to ethnically cleanse Gaza of its 2.3 million Palestinians constitutes a profound reversal of post-1945 U.S. norms, which […]

Juan Cole

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