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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Drones
Will the Biden Administration End America’s Global War on Children?

Will the Biden Administration End America’s Global War on Children?

Most people regard Trump’s treatment of immigrant children as among his most shocking crimes as president. Images of hundreds of children stolen from their families […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

National Security State
Demilitarizing Our Democracy:  How the National Security State Has Come to Dominate a “Civilian” Government

Demilitarizing Our Democracy: How the National Security State Has Come to Dominate a “Civilian” Government

By Mandy Smithberger and William Hartung | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – This month’s insurrection at the Capitol revealed the dismal failure of the Capitol […]

Tomdispatch

Congress
Educator Shocked that GOP put Marjorie Taylor Greene, who spoke of Assassinating Nancy Pelosi and denied Parkland School Shootings, on House Education Committee

Educator Shocked that GOP put Marjorie Taylor Greene, who spoke of Assassinating Nancy Pelosi and denied Parkland School Shootings, on House Education Committee

This is who the Republican Party is, now

Juan Cole

Joe Biden
Can President Biden end the Catastrophic Yemen War?  Only if he Acts without Delay

Can President Biden end the Catastrophic Yemen War? Only if he Acts without Delay

By Tasnim Nazeer | – ( Middle East Monitor) – US President Joe Biden could end the war in Yemen if he acts without delay. […]

Middle East Monitor

India
The problem with India's 'love jihad' laws

The problem with India’s ‘love jihad’ laws

By Sumit Ganguly | – Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, the Bharatiya Janata Party government has put forward several anti-Muslim policies. The latest is […]

The Conversation

Nonviolence
‘I Ain’t Marching Anymore’ chronicles 260 years of war resistance and conscientious objection

‘I Ain’t Marching Anymore’ chronicles 260 years of war resistance and conscientious objection

From the American Revolution through the Global War on Terror, author Chris Lombardi tells the inspiring stories of people who refused to kill. By Frida […]

Frida Berrigan

Featured
Biden to have Feds buy 650K Electric Vehicles, Promising rapid Fall in EV Prices

Biden to have Feds buy 650K Electric Vehicles, Promising rapid Fall in EV Prices

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden plans to create a million auto-worker jobs by replacing the enormous fleet of some 650,000 vehicles owned […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
B'Tselem's historic declaration, "A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is Apartheid"

B’Tselem’s historic declaration, “A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is Apartheid”

( Middle East Monitor ) – “A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is Apartheid,” was the title […]

Ramzy Baroud

Authoritarianism
Trump was forced out, but he left a Legacy of Threats and Intimidation toward Elected Public Servants

Trump was forced out, but he left a Legacy of Threats and Intimidation toward Elected Public Servants

By Shelley Inglis | – As the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump approaches, federal officials are investigating threats to attack or kill members […]

The Conversation

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