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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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It doesn't have to be this Way: England has 33 gun Homicides per Year (equiv. 182); US has 10,258

It doesn’t have to be this Way: England has 33 gun Homicides per Year (equiv. 182); US has 10,258

Revised We are reeling from back-to-back mass shootings, in Atlanta and Boulder. The main similarities of the two are that the young alleged murderers easily […]

Juan Cole

Asian-Americans
On a Quilt of Oppression and Injustice: From the Vietnam War to the Murder of Asian-American Women

On a Quilt of Oppression and Injustice: From the Vietnam War to the Murder of Asian-American Women

An Thuy Nguyen | – Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – The deadly mass shooting on March 16 targeting Asian American women working at […]

An Thuy Nguyen

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

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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

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