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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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The Claudius Presidency

The Claudius Presidency

(Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Caligula was by all accounts a nasty piece of work. During the nearly four years that he ruled over […]

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Economy
Texas blackouts show why energy should be a universal right

Texas blackouts show why energy should be a universal right

By Gordon Walker | – An unprecedented cold wave in the US state of Texas recently left several million households without power for days on […]

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African-Americans
Is Harvard denying Tenure to Cornel West over his views on Palestine?

Is Harvard denying Tenure to Cornel West over his views on Palestine?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Maximilien Alvarez writing at The Chronicle of Higher Education interviews eminent Black philosopher Cornel West on the latter being denied […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Imagining Palestine: Literature and the Language of Exile

Imagining Palestine: Literature and the Language of Exile

( Middle East Monitor ) – For Palestinians, exile is not simply the physical act of being removed from their homeland and their inability to […]

Ramzy Baroud

Acidification of Oceans
Saving the Planet: Why a net-zero future depends on the ocean's ability to absorb carbon

Saving the Planet: Why a net-zero future depends on the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon

By Anya M. Waite, Brad deYoung, Chris Milley, and Ian G. Stewart | – Most of us growing up along Canada’s East Coast never worried […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
Covid-19 Demonstrated How This Country Fails Its Most Vulnerable: A Field Guide to Our Threadbare Social Safety Net

Covid-19 Demonstrated How This Country Fails Its Most Vulnerable: A Field Guide to Our Threadbare Social Safety Net

( Tomdispatch.com) – Economic crises shine a spotlight on a society’s inequities and hierarchies, as well as its commitment to support those who are most […]

Rajan Menon

Epidemics
President Biden Honors 500K Dead.  He didn't say so, but they didn't have to Die

President Biden Honors 500K Dead. He didn’t say so, but they didn’t have to Die

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Biden on Monday honored the deaths of 500,000 Americans from COVID-19. It is a very large number, and commentator […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How the Israeli Occupation has devastated the Palestinian Economy

How the Israeli Occupation has devastated the Palestinian Economy

( Al-Shabakah) – The Israeli occupation has crippled Palestinian productive sectors, leading to the dominance of internal trade in the Palestinian economy. Al-Shabaka policy analyst, […]

Ibrahim Saleh

Iran
Biden and the Iran nuclear deal: what to expect from the negotiations

Biden and the Iran nuclear deal: what to expect from the negotiations

By Ali Bilgic | – As Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, speculation was rife that one of […]

The Conversation

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