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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Why will we Fight 20 Years in weak Afghanistan but won’t make war on Menacing Climate Crisis?

Why will we Fight 20 Years in weak Afghanistan but won’t make war on Menacing Climate Crisis?

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – The United States is engaged in forever hot wars. The war in Afghanistan now nears the end […]

John Buell

Bill of Rights
How did Conservatives successfully smear “Liberal” (Respect for Liberty and Rights of Others) as Mule Word?

How did Conservatives successfully smear “Liberal” (Respect for Liberty and Rights of Others) as Mule Word?

Sacramento (Special to Informed Comment) – The 2020 elections are over, but once again it proved that Liberal-bashing remains a favorite pastime of the Republican […]

Bahman Fozouni

Climate Crisis
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was a record-smasher – and raising more alarms about climate crisis

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was a record-smasher – and raising more alarms about climate crisis

By James H. Ruppert Jr. and Allison Wing | – It was clear before the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season started that it was going to […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
Lesson of Biden victory for Republicans: There aren't enough poorly educated White People to win with a Politics of Racial Grievance Any More

Lesson of Biden victory for Republicans: There aren’t enough poorly educated White People to win with a Politics of Racial Grievance Any More

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Now that the judges have laughed Trump’s challenges and conspiracy theories out of court, it is time to consider further […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
From Salmonella to Workers' Injuries: Trump Races to Weaken Environmental and Worker Protections on Way Out

From Salmonella to Workers’ Injuries: Trump Races to Weaken Environmental and Worker Protections on Way Out

By Isaac Arnsdorf ( ProPublica) – Six days after President Donald Trump lost his bid for reelection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture notified food safety […]

ProPublica

Employment
Facing Holiday Rush, Frontlines Retail Workers Urge Billionaire Bosses to Share the Wealth

Facing Holiday Rush, Frontlines Retail Workers Urge Billionaire Bosses to Share the Wealth

By Chuck Collins | – ( Inequality.org) – This essential workforce is hustling to help holiday shoppers while also organizing hazard pay and other COVID-19 […]

Inequality.org

Debt
The Pentagon couldn’t Protect us from the Pandemic: Will Biden dare Cut its Budget?

The Pentagon couldn’t Protect us from the Pandemic: Will Biden dare Cut its Budget?

By William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Now that Joe Biden is slated to take office as the 46th […]

Tomdispatch

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Why the world is Safer if Biden can Reinstitute Iran Nuclear Deal

Why the world is Safer if Biden can Reinstitute Iran Nuclear Deal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran has no nuclear weapons, and no nuclear weapons program using diverted enriched uranium. It has a civilian nuclear enrichment […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
Republicans have become the Party of Zombies and Loss at Polls won’t stop them from Coming for Biden

Republicans have become the Party of Zombies and Loss at Polls won’t stop them from Coming for Biden

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – How else would you describe Americans who deny a pandemic that’s killed 250,000 people and the election that repudiated […]

John Feffer

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