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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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New US climate pledge: Cut emissions 50% this decade, but can Biden make it happen?

New US climate pledge: Cut emissions 50% this decade, but can Biden make it happen?

By Morgan Bazilian and David Victor | – President Joe Biden announced an ambitious new national climate target at a livestreamed summit of world leaders […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
Amid Chauvin trial and more police killings, we need to stress Boycotts and the 'Noncooperation' in 'Nonviolent Noncooperation'

Amid Chauvin trial and more police killings, we need to stress Boycotts and the ‘Noncooperation’ in ‘Nonviolent Noncooperation’

By Maria J. Stephan | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – In his March 1956 sermon “When Peace Becomes Obnoxious,” Martin Luther King, Jr. responded to […]

Waging Nonviolence

Epidemics
Why We Forget Epidemics and Why This One Must Be Remembered

Why We Forget Epidemics and Why This One Must Be Remembered

By Nina Burleigh | – The second Moderna shot made me sick — as predicted. A 24-hour touch of what an alarmed immune system feels […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
A big Effing Deal:  On Eve of Climate Summit, news that Biden will cut US C02 Emissions 50% by 2030

A big Effing Deal: On Eve of Climate Summit, news that Biden will cut US C02 Emissions 50% by 2030

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – ( Matthew Daly at the Associated Press reports that President Biden will announce at Thursday’s virtual international Climate Summit that […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Green Future?  Earth Minerals and Renewables

Afghanistan’s Green Future? Earth Minerals and Renewables

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Can Afghanistan’s mineral wealth finance a transition to a carbon-neutral future? By John Feffer | April 21, 2021 […]

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
On Top of Causing Deadly Global Heating, Fossil fuels cause 1 in 5 Adult deaths each year

On Top of Causing Deadly Global Heating, Fossil fuels cause 1 in 5 Adult deaths each year

( Sustainability Times) – Researchers at Harvard University in the United States, working with colleagues at the University of Birmingham, the University of Leicester and […]

Sustainability Times

Afghanistan
Afghanistan pullout: Nato betrays its own values if interpreters and other local staff are left at risk

Afghanistan pullout: Nato betrays its own values if interpreters and other local staff are left at risk

By Sara de Jong | – The announcement of the US and Nato military withdrawal from Afghanistan later this year has elicited many responses, not […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
Systemic Racism won't End with One Trial, But Biden-Harris can enlist Government in addressing Economic Inequality at its Root

Systemic Racism won’t End with One Trial, But Biden-Harris can enlist Government in addressing Economic Inequality at its Root

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – African-Americans face aggressive policing in part because, on average, they lack resources. Household wealth allows a family to donate to […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
George Floyd's legacy: Could Derek Chauvin guilty verdicts spell the end of police immunity?

George Floyd’s legacy: Could Derek Chauvin guilty verdicts spell the end of police immunity?

By Kent Roach | – The police killing of George Floyd begs for effective remedies that respond both to past harms while also preventing future […]

The Conversation

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