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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Afghanistan
Biden branded Putin a Murderer, but can he get out of Afghanistan without Russian Help?

Biden branded Putin a Murderer, but can he get out of Afghanistan without Russian Help?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – Russia and the United States may be bitter geopolitical rivals, but sometimes, when they have a common interest they […]

Nikola Mikovic

Epidemics
The Sports Pages of Death:  Life in a Wounded and Wounding Land

The Sports Pages of Death: Life in a Wounded and Wounding Land

( Tomdispatch.com) – Here’s one of the things I now do every morning. I go to the online Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center and check […]

Tom Engelhardt

Jewish History
Startling Discovery of New Dead Sea Scrolls sheds light on Jewish Revolts against Imperial Rome

Startling Discovery of New Dead Sea Scrolls sheds light on Jewish Revolts against Imperial Rome

By Gareth Wearne | – On Tuesday news broke of the discovery of fresh fragments of a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll in Israel. The fragments were […]

The Conversation

Peace
In honor of St.Patrick at Lough Derg: In search of Tolerance and Kindness

In honor of St.Patrick at Lough Derg: In search of Tolerance and Kindness

By Hugh Curran | – (Special to Informed Comment) – St.Patrick’s Purgatory at Lough Derg was first written about in the 11th century as one […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Yemenis face Famine of the Century and Mass Starvation unless President Biden pressures Saudis to Stop Port Blockade

Yemenis face Famine of the Century and Mass Starvation unless President Biden pressures Saudis to Stop Port Blockade

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The head of the UN World Food Program, David Beasley said at a news conference this week covered by al-`Arabi […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
DHS’s Mayorkas brands “Crisis” language about Border as Trumpian, Says Challenge Doesn’t Require Cruel Family Separation

DHS’s Mayorkas brands “Crisis” language about Border as Trumpian, Says Challenge Doesn’t Require Cruel Family Separation

By Ryan Knappenberger | – ( Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended the Biden administration’s immigration policies Wednesday, but conceded […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Joe Biden
Syria needs Long-Term Housing for the Neediest, and the US needs to Stop Blocking it

Syria needs Long-Term Housing for the Neediest, and the US needs to Stop Blocking it

By Hany Al Banna | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – March 15, 2021, will mark a grim milestone—the 10th anniversary of the beginning […]

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Climate Crisis
Climate Change is making Sea levels rise fastest in big cities – here's why

Climate Change is making Sea levels rise fastest in big cities – here’s why

By Sally Brown and Robert James Nicholls | – It is well known that climate-induced sea level rise is a major threat. What is less […]

The Conversation

Education
A Green New Deal: Arkansas School District goes Solar, Gives Teachers $1000s in Bonuses with Savings

A Green New Deal: Arkansas School District goes Solar, Gives Teachers $1000s in Bonuses with Savings

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Climate Wire reported last fall on a remarkable story about the way renewable energy not only saves the earth from […]

Juan Cole

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