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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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Did Trump blackmail Sudan into Recognizing Israel by offering to remove Khartoum from Terror List?

Did Trump blackmail Sudan into Recognizing Israel by offering to remove Khartoum from Terror List?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdulla Hamdok announced Monday that the US had agreed to remove his country from the list of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israelis have Destroyed 1 mn Palestinian Olive Trees; this Month, they're at it Again

Israelis have Destroyed 1 mn Palestinian Olive Trees; this Month, they’re at it Again

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) – In the village of Jaba in Bethlehem district this month, Israeli squatter settlers chopped down and destroyed 300 olive […]

Mohammed Samaana

Debt
In the Midst of an Epochal American Eviction Crisis, Can we Wait for Congressional Talks?

In the Midst of an Epochal American Eviction Crisis, Can we Wait for Congressional Talks?

How should progressives stand on the issue of the second Covid relief bill being negotiated between Speaker Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin? What can be […]

John Buell

Evangelicals
Is the Rising Generation of Unchurched Secularists pointing to a post-Trump Progressive America?

Is the Rising Generation of Unchurched Secularists pointing to a post-Trump Progressive America?

Someday, the coronavirus tragedy will be gone, wiped out by scientific vaccines. And Donald Trump will be just an unpleasant memory, an absurd reminder of […]

James A. Haught

China
China grows nearly 5%; Will historians look back at Trump's disastrous Pandemic Response as the Moment Beijing Overtook the US?

China grows nearly 5%; Will historians look back at Trump’s disastrous Pandemic Response as the Moment Beijing Overtook the US?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even if Trump loses, he can go on screwing up the country for two and a half months thereafter, and […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
With UN Embargo on Arms Sales to Iran Lapsing, Will Russia take on US to reap Bonanza?

With UN Embargo on Arms Sales to Iran Lapsing, Will Russia take on US to reap Bonanza?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – As of today, the 2007 UN Security Council embargo on conventional arms shipments to Iran expired. At least from […]

Nikola Mikovic

Donald Trump
Trump's Body Count in Historical Perspective: Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths on his Hands

Trump’s Body Count in Historical Perspective: Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths on his Hands

Alexandria, Va. (Special to Informed Comment) – Many presidential biographies are somewhere between pseudo profound and pure fluff, arguing presidents be judged by Hollywood-like silliness […]

Al Carroll

Donald Trump
Can America escape the cave of Trump’s Quirky Isolationism?

Can America escape the cave of Trump’s Quirky Isolationism?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – The so-called Age of Trump is also an age of instantly forgotten bestselling books, especially ones purporting to provide the inside […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Donald Trump
Dear Sen. Perdue:  Kamala is the name of Great Americans

Dear Sen. Perdue: Kamala is the name of Great Americans

Senator David Perdue, at a rally in Macon, Ga., for Donald Trump, made fun of Kamala Harris’s name. He pretended not to know which syllable […]

Juan Cole

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