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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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Inequality
On Tax Day, the Billionaires must Start Paying their Fair Share

On Tax Day, the Billionaires must Start Paying their Fair Share

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – On Tax Day, there’s more than one elephant in the room, and they’re all in mansions. Elephants occupy […]

H. Patricia Hynes

History
A New History of the Prophet of Islamﷺ –  Juan Cole interviewed by Hamza Yusuf

A New History of the Prophet of Islamﷺ – Juan Cole interviewed by Hamza Yusuf

Juan Cole interviewed by Hamza Yusuf at Renovatio about the book: Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires Available at Nicola’s Books in […]

Juan Cole

Featured
White Nationalist TV News: Even Networks and CNN are falling for 'Border Crisis' Propaganda

White Nationalist TV News: Even Networks and CNN are falling for ‘Border Crisis’ Propaganda

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The media frenzy in the US around the alleged border crisis with Mexico could have several roots. It could be […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Law of the Occupier: Israel's Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians of East Jerusalem

Law of the Occupier: Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians of East Jerusalem

( Middle East Monitor) – A Palestinian man, Atef Yousef Hanaysha, was killed by Israeli occupation forces on 19 March during a weekly protest against […]

Ramzy Baroud

Immigration
Biden immigration overhaul would reunite families split up by deportation

Biden immigration overhaul would reunite families split up by deportation

By Robert McKee Irwin | – Hundreds of thousands of immigrant families have been separated by deportation from the United States, in many cases with […]

The Conversation

Immigration
The Border-Industrial Complex in the Post-Trump Era: The Crisis is Capitalism

The Border-Industrial Complex in the Post-Trump Era: The Crisis is Capitalism

By Todd Miller | – ( Tomdispatchcom ) – In late February, I drove to see the Trump wall in Sasabe, Arizona. As soon as […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
America is 'Can-do' again: Biden's $3 trillion infrastructure Plan includes $500 bn for Green Energy and Transit and Massive Innovation

America is ‘Can-do’ again: Biden’s $3 trillion infrastructure Plan includes $500 bn for Green Energy and Transit and Massive Innovation

Jeff Stein and Tyler Pager at WaPo report that $500 billion of the proposed $3 trillion Biden infrastructure plan, or 16 percent, will be devoted […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
Israel’s Discriminatory Vaccine Push Underscores Need for Action on behalf of Palestinians

Israel’s Discriminatory Vaccine Push Underscores Need for Action on behalf of Palestinians

Human Rights Watch Statement – Item 7 General Debate ( Human Rights Watch ) – As millions of Israelis slowly return to normalcy, with the […]

Human Rights Watch

Democratic Party
Why we Must pass The Medicare for All Act

Why we Must pass The Medicare for All Act

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – March 17, 2021, was a very bright day in the history of single-payer health insurance and public health […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

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