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Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Trump:  Is the World on the Brink of a Major Disaster?
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Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Trump: Is the World on the Brink of a Major Disaster?

Farhang Jahanpour

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The reports of the past few days are extremely worrying. The acrimonious and open split between President Donald […]

California Democrats push to block ICE from Schools, Hospitals and Shelters

California Democrats push to block ICE from Schools, Hospitals and Shelters

06/08/2025 By Cal Matters

Trump’s Middle East Pivot aims to counter China’s rising Influence

Trump’s Middle East Pivot aims to counter China’s rising Influence

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Trump  targeted innocent Muslims with Visa Ban on phony pretext of 'Terrorism,' then unleashed real White Terrorism on Capitol

Trump targeted innocent Muslims with Visa Ban on phony pretext of ‘Terrorism,’ then unleashed real White Terrorism on Capitol

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Muslim visa ban that Trump got through on his third try, and in which the Supreme Court to its […]

Juan Cole

Books
The Hill we Climb: Amanda Gorman's Inauguration Poem

The Hill we Climb: Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem

Amanda Gorman | – ( Buy her forthcoming poetry collection via Penguin Random House.) The Hill We Climb When day comes we ask ourselves, where […]

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Donald Trump
The Hatred and Insurrection fomented by our first Internet-Troll President finally Drove him from Office

The Hatred and Insurrection fomented by our first Internet-Troll President finally Drove him from Office

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – In his perfunctory farewell speech, released on Tuesday many months after he had churlishly quit on the American people […]

David Faris

Israel/ Palestine
The Height of Chutzpah: Notorious Racist Netanyahu seeks Palestinian-Israeli Votes to divide the Joint List

The Height of Chutzpah: Notorious Racist Netanyahu seeks Palestinian-Israeli Votes to divide the Joint List

By Ali Abu Hableh | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Arab MKs (members of the Knesset — parliament) in Israel from the various parties […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
With Yellen at Treasury, Can we Finally get a Progressive Carbon Tax?

With Yellen at Treasury, Can we Finally get a Progressive Carbon Tax?

By Rachel Kyte | – Janet Yellen is poised to be the next U.S. Treasury secretary, and her inbox will require every ounce of her […]

The Conversation

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Time for Biden to end the Forever Wars and bring Iran in from the Cold

Time for Biden to end the Forever Wars and bring Iran in from the Cold

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Although former president Trump claims to have avoided starting any new wars, he in fact put the US on a […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
How will Biden react to Putin arresting Navalny in Russia?

How will Biden react to Putin arresting Navalny in Russia?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – While the US remains preoccupied with the upcoming Joe Biden inauguration, Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny was detained at […]

Nikola Mikovic

Books
An Admiring Review of Cole, ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace,’ in Algeria’s Echorouq

An Admiring Review of Cole, ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace,’ in Algeria’s Echorouq

The Algerian newspaper Echorouq [al-Shuruq] has published a positive review of the Arabic translation of my book, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of […]

Juan Cole

Joe Biden
The Rubble of Empire: Doctrines of Disaster and Dreams of Security as the Biden Years Begin

The Rubble of Empire: Doctrines of Disaster and Dreams of Security as the Biden Years Begin

( Tomdispatch.com ) – How can you tell when your empire is crumbling? Some signs are actually visible from my own front window here in […]

Rebecca Gordon

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