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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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Donald Trump
America is Complicit, as Yemen Spirals toward Mass Starvation

America is Complicit, as Yemen Spirals toward Mass Starvation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mark Lowcock of the United Nations gave an impassioned and apocalyptic speech on Thursday warning that 4 million Yemenis who […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Germany aims at becoming "pioneer" in CO2-neutral aviation

Germany aims at becoming “pioneer” in CO2-neutral aviation

By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany wants to extend its landmark energy transition (Energiewende) to the skies to become […]

Clean Energy Wire

Campaign Finance
Creeping Plutocracy after ‘Citizens United’: How US Election Spending skyrocketed to the GDP of some whole Countries

Creeping Plutocracy after ‘Citizens United’: How US Election Spending skyrocketed to the GDP of some whole Countries

By William C.R. Horncastle | – The amount of money spent on US elections eclipses the annual total economic output of some small countries. The […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
At Townhall, Biden Promises Big Green Infrastructure and Jobs:  Spain's Example Suggests he is Right

At Townhall, Biden Promises Big Green Infrastructure and Jobs: Spain’s Example Suggests he is Right

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In his townhall on Thursday evening, Joe Biden pointed to the way infrastructural investments in green energy will help the […]

Juan Cole

Jabhat al-Nusra
Russia and Syria are committing War Crimes, Targeting Civilian Infrastructure

Russia and Syria are committing War Crimes, Targeting Civilian Infrastructure

Unlawful Attacks on Hospitals, Schools, Markets Forced Idlib Population Out

Human Rights Watch

Barack Obama
Who really defeated the Islamic State – Obama/Biden or Trump/Pence?

Who really defeated the Islamic State – Obama/Biden or Trump/Pence?

By Brian Glyn Williams | – One common claim by President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has been that his administration beat IS, or what’s formally […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
The United States of Paranoia — From the Salem Witch Hunt to Conspirator-in-Chief Donald Trump

The United States of Paranoia — From the Salem Witch Hunt to Conspirator-in-Chief Donald Trump

By Steve Fraser | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – News is “faked”; elections are “rigged”; a “deep state” plots a “coup”; Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Change
Amy Coney Barrett:  You can't actually be pro-life if you deny burning Fossil Fuels causes the Climate Emergency; Denialism is Mass Murder

Amy Coney Barrett: You can’t actually be pro-life if you deny burning Fossil Fuels causes the Climate Emergency; Denialism is Mass Murder

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amy Coney Barrett is a denialist when it comes to the human-caused climate emergency. Rachel Koning Beals at Marketwatch notes […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
If it is Tuesday, this must be Occupied Palestine: Tourism in the Service of Israeli Colonialism

If it is Tuesday, this must be Occupied Palestine: Tourism in the Service of Israeli Colonialism

By Halah Ahmad | – ( Al-Shabakah) – Tourism has been critical to the Zionist enterprise since the first Zionists settled Palestine. Al-Shabaka policy analyst […]

Al-Shabaka

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