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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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Israel's growing strategic threat to our freedom of speech

Israel’s growing strategic threat to our freedom of speech

( Middle East Monitor ) – There is an old saying that you should not put the fox in charge of the hen house. It […]

Asa Winstanley

African-Americans
What President-Elect Biden and all Americans owe the Black Voters who Saved our Democracy

What President-Elect Biden and all Americans owe the Black Voters who Saved our Democracy

By Tracey L. Rogers | – ( Otherwoods.org) – Black voters waited in 10-hour lines to show up for Joe Biden. Now Biden needs to […]

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Democratic Party
Biden's Cabinet could fix what Trump Broke, but can they get their Ambitious Agenda Past the GOP Senate?

Biden’s Cabinet could fix what Trump Broke, but can they get their Ambitious Agenda Past the GOP Senate?

By John Hawkins | – The “team of rivals” was the term historian Doris Kearns Goodwin used to describe US President Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet. It […]

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Hyper-Patriarchal Saudi Arabia equates mild Feminism with Terrorism, as Sen. Murphy calls on Biden to review ties with Kingdom

Hyper-Patriarchal Saudi Arabia equates mild Feminism with Terrorism, as Sen. Murphy calls on Biden to review ties with Kingdom

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera points to the call by Senator Chris Murphy addressed to the incoming Biden administration urging a review of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Moving past apartheid: A one-state Solution for Israel-Palestine is not ideal justice, but it is just and possible

Moving past apartheid: A one-state Solution for Israel-Palestine is not ideal justice, but it is just and possible

( Middle East Monitor) – Once again, Europe’s top diplomats expressed their ‘deep concern’ regarding Israel’s ongoing illegal settlement expansion, again evoking the maxim that […]

Ramzy Baroud

Democratic Party
How Will Biden Change U.S. Policy On Russia, Iran?

How Will Biden Change U.S. Policy On Russia, Iran?

By Todd Prince | – ( RFE/RL) – As a candidate, Joe Biden said he would reverse many of the foreign-policy initiatives of the Trump […]

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Human Rights
Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been released. But will a prisoner swap with Australia encourage more hostage-taking by Iran?

Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been released. But will a prisoner swap with Australia encourage more hostage-taking by Iran?

By Ian Parmeter | – Australian-British academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s release from an Iranian prison after more than two years’ detention is certainly a welcome development. […]

The Conversation

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No Thanksgiving for the Palestinian Children of Gaza: UN says Israelis deprived them of $16.7 Bn., potable Water

No Thanksgiving for the Palestinian Children of Gaza: UN says Israelis deprived them of $16.7 Bn., potable Water

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) issued a report Wednesday on the effects of the continued illegal […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
How Biden and Kerry could rebuild America’s global climate leadership

How Biden and Kerry could rebuild America’s global climate leadership

By Dolf Gielen and Morgan Bazilian | – John Kerry helped bring the world into the Paris climate agreement and expanded America’s reputation as a […]

The Conversation

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