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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

08/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

08/18/2025 By Dan Steinbock

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Washington is Spoiling for a new Cold War with China, but this Ambition needs a Reality Check

Washington is Spoiling for a new Cold War with China, but this Ambition needs a Reality Check

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Like his immediate predecessor, Joe Biden is committed to a distinctly anti-China global strategy and has sworn that China will not […]

Dilip Hiro

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Why the Founding Fathers would have approved of Biden banning phrase "Illegal Alien"

Why the Founding Fathers would have approved of Biden banning phrase “Illegal Alien”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration has announced that it will no longer use the phrase “illegal alien” and will replace it with […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Blocked from Civil Dissent, Women in Saudi Arabia are turning to business as 'quiet' Feminist activism

Blocked from Civil Dissent, Women in Saudi Arabia are turning to business as ‘quiet’ Feminist activism

By Sophie Alkhaled | – Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released from prison on February 10 2021 after 1,001 days in custody. […]

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Arms Sales
US Resuming Arms Sales to United Arab Emirates is Disastrous, Given its Wars on Yemen, Libya

US Resuming Arms Sales to United Arab Emirates is Disastrous, Given its Wars on Yemen, Libya

By Afrah Nasser | – Yemen Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division | – ( Human Rights Watch) – United States President Joe Biden […]

Human Rights Watch

China
Despite Hawks Seeking new Cold War, the US and China can only Confront Climate Emergency by Cooperating

Despite Hawks Seeking new Cold War, the US and China can only Confront Climate Emergency by Cooperating

( China Dialogue ) – They say don’t mess with Texas, but Mother Nature didn’t get the memo. A surprise winter storm killed at least […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
US spent $2.261 Trillion on Afghanistan War, in which ~240,000 Have Died; We could have Greened Half the Grid Instead

US spent $2.261 Trillion on Afghanistan War, in which ~240,000 Have Died; We could have Greened Half the Grid Instead

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Costs of War Project at Brown University has just brought out a new report on Afghanistan. The September 11, […]

Juan Cole

Employment
For Workers struggling to Unionize at Amazon, it is a Matter of Life and Death

For Workers struggling to Unionize at Amazon, it is a Matter of Life and Death

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – That unions lost the battle to organize Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama plant should and did come as no […]

John Buell

Immigration
The Real Trauma at the Border:  Hundreds of Trump's Separated Children Still can't Find their Families

The Real Trauma at the Border: Hundreds of Trump’s Separated Children Still can’t Find their Families

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – Media outlets consistently describe flight from Central America and Mexico as a “crisis,” suggesting that migrants’ proximity to our […]

Michael Slager

Human Rights
The Saudi Lobby is Coming for You, Small Town America

The Saudi Lobby is Coming for You, Small Town America

By Ben Freeman, Brian Steiner and Leila Riazi | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Princess Reema bint Bandar Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.S., was […]

Juan Cole

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