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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60
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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Sixty years ago, July 30, 1965, at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri, former […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám I

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám I

08/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

08/06/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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With Crushing sanctions on 18 Iranian Banks, is Trump trying to leave a War behind for Biden?

With Crushing sanctions on 18 Iranian Banks, is Trump trying to leave a War behind for Biden?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the dying Trump administration, literally on a sickbed, contemplates losing power, its hawks are lashing out at Iran in […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
How dangerous are the White Nationalists in the US Military?

How dangerous are the White Nationalists in the US Military?

By Jennifer Spindel, Matt Motta and Robert Ralston | – White nationalist groups, who make up some of the most serious terror threats in the […]

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Donald Trump
Amy Coney Barrett Has No Business Ruling on This Election

Amy Coney Barrett Has No Business Ruling on This Election

By Rev. Susan K. Smith ( Otherwords.org ) – Well before Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to the United States Supreme Court, every step in […]

OtherWords

Bashar al-Assad
Syria’s security services flourish while people starve; what sort of ‘president’ is Assad?

Syria’s security services flourish while people starve; what sort of ‘president’ is Assad?

Ghazi Dahman | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – It is no surprise that the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre has released documents revealing […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Peace and pro-Christian themes in Muhammad and the Qur'an

Peace and pro-Christian themes in Muhammad and the Qur’an

Juan Cole is interviewed below by Professor Adnan Husain, Queens University (co-editor of A Faithful Sea: The Religious Cultures of the Mediterranean, 1200-1700) on themes […]

Juan Cole

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For Insights into Michigan's Toxic culture of Masculinity and Guns see Groundbreaking Director Arman Cole's Short, "Small Arms" (4 mn Views)

For Insights into Michigan’s Toxic culture of Masculinity and Guns see Groundbreaking Director Arman Cole’s Short, “Small Arms” (4 mn Views)

Arman Cole is a director and graduate of the University of Southern California film school. His dramatic short film, Small Arms stars Tyler Young and […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Kamala Harris's best Zingers and Pence's worst Lies

Kamala Harris’s best Zingers and Pence’s worst Lies

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Pence-Harris debate was what disagreements among normal people might look like, as opposed to the weird behavior of Trump […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Refugees expelled by Israel to Lebanon are caught in its Multilayered Crisis

Palestinian Refugees expelled by Israel to Lebanon are caught in its Multilayered Crisis

By Jaber Suleiman | – (Al-Shabaka) – The disastrous explosion that struck Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020, greatly exacerbated the impact of the COVID-19 […]

Al-Shabaka

China
Is US Ally Pakistan tempted instead by  China-Iran Deal?

Is US Ally Pakistan tempted instead by China-Iran Deal?

Arhama Siddiqa | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – It is no secret that despite international sanctions, Iran is known for leaving Western powers […]

Middle East Monitor

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